Workers' Compensation News
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Estate Can Proceed With Wrongful Death Claim for Worker's Overdose | 10/18/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s estate can pursue a wrongful death claim against a property owner whose alleged Labor Law violation resulted in injuries that led to the worker's fatal overdose. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Procedural Flub Forfeited Challenge to Worker's Award | 10/17/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an employer’s failure to include the appropriate cover sheet for an appeal resulted in the forfeiture of its challenge to an award to an injured police officer. ...Read More | |||
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Employee Can Sue Company in Tort for Injuries From Workplace Explosion | 10/16/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division ruled that an injured worker presented sufficient evidence of intentional tortious conduct by his employer to proceed with a civil action against the company for his injuries from an explosion. ...Read More | |||
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Ex-JCC Castiello Says Nominating Commission Followed Improper Rules | 10/13/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Former Florida Judge of Compensation Claims Gerardo Castiello is on a mission to prove his de facto dismissal from the bench was made in error. ...Read More | |||
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Express Scripts to Acquire Medical Management Company EviCore | 10/11/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Express Scripts Holding Co. is buying EviCore Healthcare, a medical benefit management company, for $3.6 billion. Combining Express Scripts' ph...Read More | |||
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Ex-Labor & Industry Secretary Overseeing Federal Comp Program | 10/11/2017 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The state’s former secretary of labor and industry has been named director of the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Workers’ Compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Evidence of Injury Rejected as Non-Compensable Didn't Entitle Worker to Reopen Claim | 10/10/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Arizona appellate court ruled that an injured hotel worker was not entitled to reopen her claim because she could not prove she was suffering from a new, additional or previously undiscovered condition. ...Read More | |||
| Epic Adds Broker Tim House in Fresno | 10/09/2017 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Epic Insurance Brokers and Consultants has hired Tim House as a property and casualty insurance broker and producer in the company’s office in Fresno, California. House will be responsible for new business development, and the design and management of insurance and risk management p...Read More | |||
| EDI Vendors Must Comply With New IAIABC Standards by Next Year | 10/09/2017 | ||
| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| All electronic data interchange vendors must comply with the standards set forth in a recent manual released by the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions by Oct. 1, 2018, the Georgia State Board of Workers' Compensation has announced. EDI vendor...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Be Held Civilly Liable for Drunk Worker's Death After Holiday Party | 10/09/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an employer could not be held civilly liable for a worker’s death from alcohol intoxication and positional asphyxia after he got drunk at a non-sanctioned holiday party. ...Read More | |||
