Workers' Compensation News
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Federal Trial Judge Tosses Worker's Claims of Disability Discrimination | 10/24/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal trial court judge in Texas last week dismissed a worker's claim of disability discrimination after the worker allegedly suffered an on-the-job back injury. ...Read More | |||
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FDA Withholds Approval of Abuse-Deterrent Opioid | 10/24/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve an extended-release opioid product called Rexista, developed by Intellipharmaceutics International Inc. ...Read More | |||
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Former DIR Director Duncan Joins Sacramento Lobbying Group | 10/23/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Cal Capitol Group, a lobbying firm in Sacramento, announced that former Department of Industrial Relations Director John Duncan joined the company as a senior executive. ...Read More | |||
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Full Senate to Reconsider Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund Bill | 10/19/2017 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The state Senate will again take up a bill that would shore up funding for the Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund. The full chamber considered Se...Read More | |||
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Four Deputies at Las Vegas Shooting File Comp Claims | 10/18/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Four Orange County Sheriff’s deputies filed workers’ compensation claims in California for physical and psychological injuries they say they sustained during the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Fallout Over Work-Camp Rehab Now Includes Lawsuit, Possible Comp Fraud Investigation | 10/12/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Three drug-court defendants have sued the diversion program that put them to work, for no wages, at a chicken-processing plant, saying the program violates the 13th Amendment’s ban on involuntary servitude. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Appellate Court Upholds Former Postal Worker's Conviction for Comp Fraud | 10/10/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a former postal worker’s convictions for worker’s compensation fraud, as substantial evidence established that the worker had lied about her medical condition for 15 years. ...Read More | |||
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Former Supervisor Receives Benefits for Repetitive-Trauma Injury Due to Office Work | 10/06/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former San Diego County supervisor has qualified for workers' compensation benefits for a repetitive use injury to the right side of his body from using a computer, talking on the phone and completing other tasks common to white-collar work, ...Read More | |||
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Family Must Arbitrate Claims Against Waffle House for Alleged Workplace Drugging | 10/06/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that the family of a Waffle House employee who was allegedly drugged by a colleague will have to arbitrate their claims against the eatery. ...Read More | |||
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Fund on Hook for PTD Award After Failure to Add Property Owner to Claim Sooner | 10/05/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Taxpayers are on the hook for a man's permanent total disability award after the California 2nd District Court of Appeals shot down the state's attempt to force a property owner to pay the benefits. ...Read More | |||
