Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Assessment Rate Drops to 12.1% | 11/02/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 462 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has dropped its annual assessment rate for all employers by a tenth of a percentage point. ...Read More | |||
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Ex-Nuclear Plant Workers Say They're Having Trouble Getting Workers' Comp | 10/31/2017 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 748 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| More than 700 workers say they’re having a hard time getting workers’ compensation for diseases they contracted after working at a plant that made parts for nuclear bombs, Kansas City television station KSHB-TV 41 ...Read More | |||
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En Banc Decision Confirms Right to Hearing on Timeliness of Declarations | 10/27/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2043 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 66 min read | |||
| A Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board en banc decision handed down Thursday confirmed the right of lien claimants to have a hearing on the timeliness of declarations that were due by...Read More | |||
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Employers' Q3 Profit Dips Due to Technology Costs | 10/27/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 677 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Employers Holdings Inc. has reported third quarter net income of $21.9 million, a 3% decrease from $22.6 million in the third quarter of 2016. For t...Read More | |||
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Express Scripts' CFO Resigns After PBM Loses Biggest Client | 10/26/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 1367 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Express Scripts Holding Co.'s chief financial officer has resigned a week after the pharmacy benefit manager's top client decided to launch its own pharmacy business, ...Read More | |||
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Ex-Zurich Work Comp Claim Specialist Gets 2 Years' Probation for Wire Fraud | 10/26/2017 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 917 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A workers' compensation claim specialist with Zurich Insurance will spend two years on probation after admitting to steering funds to her own bank account, PennLive reported. ...Read More | |||
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Elevated Blood Pressure Didn't Foreclose Officer From Invoking Heart-Lung Statute | 10/25/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 563 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that a single elevated blood pressure reading noted in a police officer’s pre-employment physical examination did not constitute evidence of a hypertensive condition. ...Read More | |||
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Electrocution Brings $201K in Fines Against Masonry Contractor | 10/25/2017 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 362 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Pittsburgh masonry company may have to pay $201,354 in penalties to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration for safety violations that led to the electrocution of a 21-year-old laborer during a restoration project. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can Hale Auto Liability Carrier Into Court to Answer for Subrogation Claim | 10/23/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 503 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 14 min read | |||
| A Delaware court ruled that the state could exercise jurisdiction over an automotive liability insurance carrier as a defendant to an employer’s claim for payment of its subrogation lien. ...Read More | |||
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Exoskeletons Poised for Wider Use by Injured Workers | 10/19/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 971 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The use of exoskeletons to treat injured workers is catching on slowly, but medical application of the devices could get a boost as they are used more frequently for improving productivity in the workplace, one expert said. ...Read More | |||
