Workers' Compensation News
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FDA Approves Abuse-Deterrent Formulation of Controversial Opioid Zohydro ER | 02/04/2015 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The company that manufactures Zohydro ER has secured federal approval for a reformulation of the drug that contains abuse-deterrent features, answering the most common concern opponents of the medication raised last year. ...Read More | |||
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Fallin Maintains Comp Reforms Were a Positive in State of the State Address | 02/04/2015 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin stood by the state’s controversial workers’ compensation reforms during remarks in her State of the State address. ...Read More | |||
| Falls Lake National to Use New Predictive Analytics Platform | 02/04/2015 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Falls Lake National, a property and casualty insurer, has begun using Valen Analytics' risk prediction software for its workers' compensation coverage. Falls Lake is using the "predict" and "manage" aspects of Valen's InsureRight Platform, according to...Read More | |||
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Fort Worth Mayor Angry over CorVel's Inquiry after Shooting of Police Sergeant | 02/03/2015 | |
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| Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Mayor Betsy Price Fort Wor...Read More | |||
| Former Comp Court Administrators Form Coalition to Fight Benefit Cuts | 01/29/2015 | ||
| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two former administrators of Oklahoma’s Workers’ Compensation Court have formed a nonprofit organization dedicated to reversing benefit cuts made by the state’s controversial, year-old workers’ compensation reform bill. Michael Clingman, the Workers’ Compensa...Read More | |||
| Firework Co. Slapped with Federal Fines after Worker Dies in Fire | 01/28/2015 | ||
| State: KS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed $55,000 in fines for Lone Star Management in Pittsburg, Kansas, after one worker died and another suffered serious burns in a fire in August. A supervisor directed the two workers to use a gas-powered forklift to mov...Read More | |||
| Four Companies Cited after Storage Tank Explosion Killed Worker | 01/27/2015 | ||
| Source: OSHA | |||
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An investigation by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that two workers – one killed and one critically injured when a storage tank exploded – were unaware that the tank beneath them contained explosive methane and hydrogen sulfide gases. As a resu...Read More | |||
| Former Professional Wrestlers File Concussion Class Action against WWE | 01/22/2015 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two former professional wrestlers last week filed a lawsuit against World Wrestling Entertainment for its alleged "mistreatment" of its performers, as well as its deliberate concealment of the health risks ...Read More | |||
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FDA Studying whether to Allow Marijuana for Medical Use, which Could Clear Path for WC | 01/21/2015 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| A series of legal, legislative and regulatory moves across the country have some industry observers thinking that marijuana is not far off from becoming a legitimate part of workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Former Comp Underwriter Michael Swan Dead at 67 | 01/21/2015 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Michael Brian Swan, a former underwriter for The Hartford and executive for InsureVianet, died Jan. 15 at the Hartford Hospital Cancer Center. He was 67. ...Read More | |||
