Workers' Compensation News
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Employee's Termination for Inadvertent Rule Violation Was 'Voluntary Abandonment' of Job | 03/11/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker's inadvertent violation of a written work rule, resulting in termination, can constitute a voluntary abandonment of employment. ...Read More | |||
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Ethics Committee Recommends Action in Four Cases | 03/10/2016 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A workers’ compensation judge in California is in hot water after allegedly calling a lien claimant’s office and threatening to have the doctor arrested if he did not appear at a hearing. ...Read More | |||
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ExxonMobil Hit Again for Safety Violations | 03/08/2016 | |
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| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Cal/OSHA has once again cited ExxonMobil Refining & Supply Co. for workplace safety violations, this time proposing penalties of $72,000 for endangering employees after failing to repair faulty equipment at its refinery in Torrance. ...Read More | |||
| Employers Hires New Head of Fraud Investigations | 02/25/2016 | ||
| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation carrier Employers Holdings, Inc. has hired Samuel V. King as vice president of fraud investigations, the company announced on Monday. Prior to being hired by Employers, King was executive vice president of GlobalOptions, where he spearheaded the expansion of th...Read More | |||
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Employer's Withdrawal of Allegedly Frivolous Cost Petition Doesn't Avoid Potential for Sanctions | 02/24/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that a worker should have been allowed to proceed with his motion for sanctions against his employer even after his employer withdrew the allegedly baseless motion for costs that served as the basis for the sanctions motion. ...Read More | |||
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Everest Re Appoints Deputy Chief Underwriter | 02/23/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Everest Re Group Ltd. announced Monday the appointment of Christopher Downey as deputy chief underwriting officer of Everest Re Group. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Barred Worker's Suit Against Subcontractor Hired by His Employer | 02/22/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a worker's negligence suit against a subcontractor his employer had hired was barred by the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers' Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
| Emergency Fee Schedule Rules Become Permanent in March | 02/22/2016 | ||
| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Emergency regulations the Alaska Division Workers' Compensation adopted to implement a new medical fee schedule in December will become permanent March 11. State regulators in December announced they were using emergency rules to implement the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale fee s...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Didn't Bar Mother's Wrongful Death Claim from Workplace Shooting | 02/18/2016 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: GA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Court of Appeals this week ruled that the exclusive remedy provision of the Georgia Workers' Compensation Act did not bar a mother's tort suit over the murder of her son almost exactly four years ago. The mother of slain warehouse worker Nickifor Zephyrine contends that a prop...Read More | |||
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Employer Can Waive Comp Lien After Being Found Liable for Contribution | 02/18/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that an employer could waive its workers' compensation lien against a father's recovery for a wrongful death claim after a jury found it liable for contribution to the alleged third-party tortfeasors. ...Read More | |||
