Workers' Compensation News
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Extension of Cardiac Benefits for Responders Heads Back to Senate
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05/03/2013
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State: CT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Connecticut Senate is preparing to review legislation that would extend workers' compensation benefits for police and firefighters suffering cardiac emergencies up to 24 hours after training or duty.The General Assembly's Joint Appropriations Committee voted 32-19...Read More
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Extension of Cardiac Benefits for Responders Heads Back to Senate
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05/03/2013
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State: CT | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Connecticut Senate is preparing to review legislation that would extend workers' compensation benefits for police and firefighters suffering cardiac emergencies up to 24 hours after training or duty.The General Assembly's Joint Appropriations Committee voted 32-19 this week t...Read More
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Exclusive Remedy Bill Dies after Missing Deadline
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05/01/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Legislation that would allow injured workers to file civil lawsuits against carriers for bad-faith claims administration if they miss certain deadlines is likely out of contention after the Nevada Assembly failed to pass the bill by the cut-off date to send the measure to the Senate....Read More
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Express Scripts Q1 Results Boosted by Medco Transaction
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05/01/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Express Scripts Holding Co. said its first-quarter net income from continuing operations was $374 million, up from $267 million during the same period last year.The results from the first quarter were affected by the inclusion of Medco results beginning in the second quarter of 2012. In ...Read More
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Exclusivity Applies to Worker Time-Barred from Filing Comp Claim
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04/30/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: AR | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Exclusivity barred an injured worker from suing his employer for his injurious occupational exposure to asbestos and silica dust in tort, even though he was time-barred from pursuing a workers' compensation claim, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled. Case: Poro...Read More
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Executives Appointed at AIG Property Casualty, EMEA Regions
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04/30/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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American International Group has appointed Robert Schimek as president and chief executive officer of AIG Property Casualty’s Americas region. The insurer also tapped Nicholas Walsh to head the Europe, Middle East and Africa region on an interim basis, and Alexander Baugh to lead A...Read More
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Exclusive Remedy Bars Suit by Worker who Jumped out of Elevator
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04/25/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Exclusive remedy bars a civil suit filed by a handyman who jumped out of a stalled elevator and fell backwards down an elevator shaft, the 1st Department of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division ruled.Case: Copeland Clifford et al. v. Plaza Housing Development Fund Co. et al., 98...Read More
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Equipment Rental Co. Cited after Worker's Death
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04/25/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited a Hawaii company specializing in rental and repairs of heavy equipment for 15 violations following an investigation into the 2012 death of a worker.An employee of Hawthorne Pacific Corp. in Maui was fatally crushed by a crane on Oct...Read More
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Employment Commission Schedules 2013 Employer Conference
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04/23/2013
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State: VA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Virginia Employment Commission has scheduled its 2013 Tidewater Employer Conference for April 30 at the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront in Virginia Beach, Va.Conference sessions will focus on layoffs and company restructuring and on workers' compensation risk mitigation. The reg...Read More
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Employer Settles Disability Discrimination Suit for $50K
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04/19/2013
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State: MN | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Minnesota employer settled a disability discrimination suit with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for $50,000, the commission announced.Applied Vacuum Technology, of Waconia, Minn., settled a suit filed by the EEOC on Tuesday. The suit arose after Larry Kating, an emplo...Read More
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