Workers' Compensation News
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Excavating Company Deemed Severe Violator After Trench Fatality | 06/26/2018 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited an excavating company in Mason, Ohio, after an employee was killed in a trench collapse. ...Read More | |||
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EnableComp Appoints Chief Sales and Marketing Officer | 06/26/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| EnableComp, a billing and collection service, announced Monday the appointment of Brad Cross as chief sales and marketing officer. ...Read More | |||
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Evidence of Worker's Misstep Wasn't Enough to Defeat Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 06/25/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a fall from a makeshift ladder, even though a witness said the fall had been caused by a misstep. ...Read More | |||
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Engineer Struck by Airborne Street Sign Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 06/22/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an engineer who was struck by an airborne street sign was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Epic Appoints Brian Chu VP in Los Angeles | 06/19/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Epic Insurance Brokers and Consultants announced Monday the appointment of Brian Chu to vice president of its Southern California operations. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Couldn't Re-Litigate Worker's Need for Treatment | 06/19/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A three-judge panel of the New Hampshire Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an employer could not contest the causal relationship between a worker’s compensable injury and the conditions for which the Department of Labor had approved medical care. ...Read More | |||
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Eight Plead Guilty to WC Fraud | 06/19/2018 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Eight Ohio residents, including a bus driver who was working two jobs while collecting benefits, pleaded guilty or no contest in recent weeks to defrauding the state-run workers' compensation system, authorities announced. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Compel IME With Psychiatrist Before Provision of Treatment | 06/18/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a worker could not be compelled to attend an independent medical evaluation with a psychiatrist prior to receiving any treatment for a mental health condition. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Had Immunity for Civil Claim for Worker's Death, But Co-Employee Doesn't | 06/18/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that the family of a construction worker could not proceed with a tort claim against his employer for a fatal accident, but the court revived the family’s claim against a co-employee. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Waiver of 'Kotecki' Defense Doesn't Waive Comp Lien | 06/13/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that an employer’s waiver of its affirmative defense to limit its liability for an injury sustained by an employee did not also constitute a waiver of its statutory workers’ compensation lien. ...Read More | |||
