Workers' Compensation News
| Franco Signor Appoints Heather Schwartz Sanderson as Chief Legal Officer | 04/16/2015 | ||
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| Franco Signor, a Medicare Secondary Payer Act compliance consultant, has hired Heather Schwartz Sanderson as its chief legal officer. ...Read More | |||
| Formosa Plastics Corp., 6 Subcontractors Cited for Chemical Hazards | 04/16/2015 | ||
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| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced citations for Formosa Plastics Corp. and six subcontractors after they exposed workers to chemical hazards at a work site in Point Comfort, Texas, OSHA announced in a release. The agency began its investigation of the...Read More | |||
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Floyd, Skeren & Kelly Sues former Managing Attorney for Stealing Client Files | 04/14/2015 | |
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| The defense firm of Floyd, Skeren & Kelly is accusing one of its former managing attorneys of poaching clients and harassing female employees in a suit filed after they parted ways in December on less-than-amicable terms. Last month, the firm filed a complaint in the Ventura Coun...Read More | |||
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Five Inland Empire Health Clinics Begin Accepting WC Patients | 04/14/2015 | |
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| Cedar Medical Group, a chain of multi-specialty health care clinics in the Inland Empire region of California, has begun accepting patients seeking ...Read More | |||
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Former NFL Star Sues for Gross Negligence, Claims Treatment Facility Caused Toe Infection | 04/14/2015 | |
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| Fatal Explosion Brings $97,200 in Fines against Well-Drilling Co. | 04/10/2015 | ||
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| An explosion that killed an oil field worker who was welding inside a water-hauling tank in Williston, North Dakota, prompted the U.S. Occupational and Safety and Health Administration to propose $97,200 in fines against a well-drilling company. OSHA said 28-year-old Dustin Payne, a Marin...Read More | |||
| Finance Committee Approves Bills to Consider Electronic Claims Process | 04/09/2015 | ||
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| The Finance Committee of the Hawaii House of Representatives unanimously passed a pair of bills that would create a working group to make recommendations on developing an electronic system for filing workers' compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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Fall Hazards and other Violations Bring $72,380 in OSHA Fines against Repeat Violator | 04/09/2015 | |
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| Foundry Contesting $160,200 in Fines for 31 alleged Safety Violations | 04/06/2015 | ||
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| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $160,200 in fines against a Prescott, Kansas, aluminum foundry that the agency says did not train employees on how to handle and store chlorine gas. OSHA said it inspected Custom Alloy Sales 34P LLC in September 2014 afte...Read More | |||
| Four Lawyers Defect from one Insurance Defense Firm to Open Branch for Another | 04/06/2015 | ||
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| McAngus, Goudelock and Courie, an insurance defense firm, is opening a new office in Nashville with the help of four lawyers defecting from another firm. Chuck Mangelsdorf, Stephen Morton, Paul Brewer and Joey Johnsen – all former attorneys with the law offices of Leitner,...Read More | |||
