Workers' Compensation News
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Ford Fined $41,800 for Safety Violations
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07/19/2013
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Ford Motor Co. for eight serious health and safety violations at the company's plant in Buffalo, N.Y.OSHA said in a press release the violations involve asbestos exposure and violations of respiratory protection rules. ...Read More
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Five Claims Shops Fined for $124,654 in Unpaid Benefits
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07/17/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation fined five claims shops a total of $218,769 after 2012 audits found the offices had not paid at least $124,654.71 in benefits due to injured workers, as well as other violations. Overall, the division said its review of 64 claim...Read More
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Friends, Family Mourn Death of Attorney Sheldon M. Gallner
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07/17/2013
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State: IA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Friends and family mourned the death of workers' compensation attorney Sheldon M. Gallner on Tuesday, who spent the majority of his 37-year legal career representing injured workers in Iowa and Nebraska.Funeral services were held Tuesday for Gallner, who passed away from cancer on Fr...Read More
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Fatal Boss' Day Lunch Was Not AOE/COE, Court Rules
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07/15/2013
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State: LA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A supervisor was not in the course and scope of employment when she died in a head-on collision while returning from a lunch that was held in her honor, Louisiana's 1st Circuit Court of Appeal concluded. Case: Robinson, et al. v. Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center, No. 2012 CA 1446, 7...Read More
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Franklin University Announces New Risk-Management Program
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07/15/2013
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Franklin University announced that it has partnered with the Ohio insurance industry to offer a new bachelor's program in risk management and insurance. The school, which specializes in adult education, will offer classes in underwriting and risk management that are taught by risk-ma...Read More
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FWCJUA Issues RFP for Actuarial Services
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07/15/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Florida Workers' Compensation Joint Underwriting Association is soliciting proposals from actuarial services firms to assist the organization with actuarial matters, according to the Friday edition of the Florida Administrative Register.The FWCJUA said the consultant will conduct...Read More
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Formulary Cuts Use of Nonrecommended Drugs by Two-Thirds
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07/11/2013
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other
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By John P. Kamin, ReporterThe share of drugs that are not recommended by Texas treatment guidelines has decreased by two-thirds since the Division of Workers' Compensation adopted a closed formulary, according to a re...Read More
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Fitch: Workers' Comp Market Continues to Harden
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07/11/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Fitch Ratings said Wednesday that after two years of increasing workers' compensation premium rates, there is little sign that the trend of increasing prices will reverse in the near term.Fitch said workers' compensation ...Read More
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Failure to Notify Employer Bars Worker's Claim, Court Rules
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07/09/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Sufficient evidence existed for the Utah Labor Commission to overturn an administrative workers’ compensation judge and find a worker is not entitled to benefits because he did not timely notify his employer of the accident, the Court of Appeals ruled.Case: William Logan Green v. U...Read More
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Failed Trust Submits Novation Plan to Insurance Commissioner
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07/08/2013
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State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefThe governing board of the Kentucky School Boards Insurance Trust has asked state Insurance Commissioner Sharon P. Clark to approve a plan that would transfer more than $45 million in w...Read More
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