Workers' Compensation News
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Ethics Committee Affirms Violations on Five Complaints
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08/30/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Workers’ Compensation Ethics Advisory Committee identified five violations of judicial ethics following investigations into judges accused of having a share in a law firm that appears before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, allowing a court reporter to object to the way an...Read More
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Employer Subjected to Sanctions for Improper Termination of Benefits
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08/28/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Commonwealth Court ruled that an out-of-state employer was subject to penalties for improperly terminating payment of benefits to an injured employee after a judge found Pennsylvania had jurisdiction over the worker’s claim.
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Employers Seek to Certify Class in Applied Underwriters Lawsuit
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08/14/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A group of small and mid-sized California businesses who say they fell victim to a sophisticated insurance scam involving the EquityComp and SolutionOne programs are asking a federal judge to certify their class in an unfair competition complaint.
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Employer May Adjust Benefits To Worker Who Rejected Modified Work
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08/14/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: PA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an employer was entitled to a modification of its payment of benefits to a worker who had rejected its offers of modified work, and that the worker was not entitled to expand the scope of his claim to include additional conditions.
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Employer Rebutted Presumption of 100% Industrial Loss
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08/09/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that an employer successfully rebutted the presumption that a worker who was unable to return to his old job had suffered a 100% industrial loss of use of his injured arm.
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