Workers' Compensation News
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Former Oakland PJ Appointed to Ethics Committee
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06/20/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Destie Overpeck, acting administrative director of the California Division of Workers’ Compensation, appointed former presiding Judge Kenneth Peterson to serve as a member of the Workers’ Compensation Ethics Advisory Committee.Peterson, who served as the presiding judge for t...Read More
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Failed Diet Did Not Justify Reduction of Obese Worker's Benefits
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06/19/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A morbidly obese worker's inability to maintain any weight loss in the eight-month period after his employer enrolled him in a Weight Watchers diet plan did not justify a 50% reduction in his benefits as a penalty for failing to comply with his medical treatment plan, the Louisiana Court of...Read More
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Federal Court Fight about LGC Legal Fees Postponed until 2014
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06/11/2013
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State: NH | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The battle about legal fees between the New Hampshire Local Government Center and its insurance carriers will wait until 2014, the Portsmouth Herald reported last Friday.The newspaper said National Union Fire Insurance Co., Employers' Fire Insurance Co., and LGC have agreed to contin...Read More
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Former BWC Employee Charged with $8 Million Tax Scam
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06/07/2013
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Federal prosecutors charged a former Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation employee with allegedly scamming the Internal Revenue Service out of more than $8 million, according to an indictment that was unsealed on Wednesday.Authorities alleged that Don P. Gooch, 64, of Cleveland, Ohio...Read More
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Flyer Summarizes Opioid Do's and Don'ts according to ODG
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06/07/2013
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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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Work Loss Data Institute has developed an easy-to-read flyer that provides an overview of when opioids are appropriate and when they are not, including a list of drugs that are recommended as first-line treatment for acute pain.The flyer summarizes best practices for prescribing narcotic...Read More
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FBI Raids Office of State Senator with Long Ties to Comp
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06/06/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Medical
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An FBI raid of the office of California state Sen. Ron Calderon earlier this week has led some Capitol insiders to speculate whether the probe may shed light on any connection the senator may have to the owner of a Southern California hospital that specializes in spinal surgeries.Federal...Read More
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Fraud Commission Meeting to Discuss 2013 Grants
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06/06/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The California Fraud Assessment Commission is meeting June 12 in Sacramento to discuss grant allocations for fiscal year 2013-14.The commission in September voted to collect from employers and disburse to fraud investigators in 2013 the same amounts that were collected in 2012....Read More
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Fairfax Buying Bermuda-Based American Safety for $306M
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06/05/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Fairfax Financial Holdings is acquiring Bermuda-based American Safety Insurance Holdings for $306 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter.Concurrent with the acquisition, Fairfax has agreed to sell American Safety Reinsurance to Tower Group promptly up...Read More
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Former Alterra Exec Joins Argo as SVP of Investor Relations
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06/04/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Argo Group International Holdings has appointed Susan Bernstein as senior vice president of investor relations. Prior to Argo, Bernstein was head of investor relations at Alterra Capital. Before that, she was an equities analyst focused on the property and casualty insurance industry at ...Read More
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Former CAOM Execs Plead Guilty to Embezzlement Charges
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06/04/2013
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State: MI | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Two former executives of the organization that administers Michigan's residual workers' compensation market pleaded guilty to charges that they helped embezzle $2.6 million.Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced that Jerry Stage, 67, pleaded guilty to one count of embe...Read More
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