Workers' Compensation News
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Functional Impairment Ratings Must Be Based on Comprehensive View of Evidence | 02/16/2022 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s functional impairment rating cannot be exclusively based on the sixth edition of the American Medical Association's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, but must be based on a comprehensive view of competent medical evidence...Read More | |||
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Fee Schedule Update Moves Up for Senate Vote | 02/10/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Florida Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that would approve fee schedule updates, setting the measure up for a vote by the full upper chamber. ...Read More | |||
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Feds Double Estimated Losses in Vital Imaging Scheme, Seek $27.9M in Restitution | 01/28/2022 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Attorney’s Office upped its estimate of losses to nearly $28 million in what it already characterized as “the largest workers’ compensation fraud scheme in the history of Southern California” when it calculated losses of $14.1 million. ...Read More | |||
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Flight Attendant Gets Benefits for Allergic Reaction to Work Uniform | 01/28/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a flight attendant for her respiratory ailments caused by an allergic reaction to her work uniform. ...Read More | |||
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Fatal Injuries Down in Latest Report | 12/21/2021 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| There were 469 fatal occupational injuries in Texas in 2020, down 23% compared to the 608 occupational deaths in 2019, according to the latest Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries published by the Division of Workers’ Compensation. ...Read More | |||
| Fewer Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2020; Latino Deaths Climb | 12/20/2021 | ||
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| There were 4,764 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2020, a 10.7% decrease from 5,333 in 2019 and the lowest annual number since 2013, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed Thursday in its annual report on workplace deaths. ...Read More | |||
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Farm Labor Contractor Accused of Premium Fraud | 12/13/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance announced that a farm labor contractor in Stockton was arraigned on 15 felony counts of insurance fraud, grand theft and tax evasion. ...Read More | |||
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Feds Seek 15-Year Sentence in Vital Imaging Fraud Scheme | 12/10/2021 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence Sam Solakyan to more than 15 years in prison for perpetrating what they characterize in court papers as the largest workers’ compensation fraud scheme in the history of Southern California. ...Read More | |||
| Federal Judge Halts Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers | 12/06/2021 | ||
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| A federal judge in Louisiana on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate that health care workers must be full...Read More | |||
| Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Blocked in Three States | 12/06/2021 | ||
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| A federal judge in Kentucky on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction to temporarily block the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for all federal contrac...Read More | |||
