Workers' Compensation News
| Ex-Police Officer Caught Doing Construction Work Can still Collect Disability Pension | 03/30/2015 | ||
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| A police officer who was caught on tape doing construction work less than one month after taking a disability retirement from the police force is entitled to continue receiving his disability pension benefits unless and until the pension board votes to suspend or reduce them, a New York appellate...Read More | |||
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Employer's Procedural Error Was Fatal to Appellate Jurisdiction | 03/30/2015 | |
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| A Texas appellate court ruled that an employer's failure to comply with the procedural rules for securing judicial review of an unfavorable decision by the Division of Workers' Compensation rendered the trial court's decision void, and thereby divested the appellate court of jurisdict...Read More | |||
| Employer-Carrier Confidentiality Bill Moving toward House Vote | 03/27/2015 | ||
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| A bill that would restore confidentiality to employer-carrier communications in Texas workers’ compensation cases may go to the House floor as soon as next week, with supporters hopeful that it will undo a 2012 Texas Supreme Court decision that they say undermined attorney-client privilege ...Read More | |||
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Employee Misclassification Lawsuits Hit Bay Area Home-Cleaning Services | 03/26/2015 | |
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| Two web-based home-cleaning companies are facing lawsuits alleging they've misclassified employees as independent contractors, adding to the legal challenges such "sharing economy" services are facing in Bay Area courtrooms. ...Read More | |||
| Executive Nominations Committee Gives OK to Evans | 03/25/2015 | ||
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| The Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission has welcomed Kathleen A. Evans as its newest commissioner, according to a notice on the MWCC website. Evans has yet to be confirmed by the full Senate, but the Legislature’s Executive Nominations Committee has approved the nomination ...Read More | |||
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Empire Underwriters Appoints Alternative Markets Director | 03/23/2015 | |
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Electrical and Fall Hazards Bring $77,400 in Penalties against Barge Co. | 03/19/2015 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $77,400 in penalties against an Indiana barge company for electrical safety and other hazards. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Delay in Requesting Entitlement to Reimbursement Was Fatal to Request | 03/17/2015 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
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| A municipal employer lost its ability to request a reimbursement for the wages it had continued to pay an employee during the times he was out of work because of an injury by waiting until after the worker received an award of temporary total disability benefits covering these same time peri...Read More | |||
| Employer Didn't Rebut Presumption that Housekeeper's Complaints Were Caused by Industrial Injury | 03/16/2015 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals said that a housekeeper was entitled to a presumption that her ongoing complaints of pain for her accepted injury were causally related to her injury, and that her employer failed to rebut this presumption. Case: Gonzalez v. Tidy Maids, No. COA14-18, 03...Read More | |||
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Employer's Decision not to Require Use of Safety Harnesses Didn't Show Intent to Injure | 03/12/2015 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
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