Workers' Compensation News
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Failure to Switch to Allegedly Safer Saw Wasn't Tantamount to Removal of Safety Guard | 09/06/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that the failure to install a saw that allegedly had a better guard than the one that caused an injury was not tantamount to the removal of a safety guard on the first saw. ...Read More | |||
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Feud Sparked by Comp Claim Continues With Recusal Motion Against Judge | 09/06/2017 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Churchville attorney and an Augusta County Circuit Court judge are engaged in another legal dispute in a feud that began, in part, with a workers’ compensation case, a newspaper reported. ...Read More | |||
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FedEx Employee's Long-Running Psyche Claim Sent Back to CRB | 09/05/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled that additional administrative proceedings were required before it could rule on the merits of a former FedEx employee’s long-running claim for benefits for her psychological condition. ...Read More | |||
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FLOIR Orders Guarantee Insurance to Stop Writing Business | 08/31/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Guarantee Insurance Co. has been placed under administrative supervision by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation and must stop writing new business, after FLOIR became concerned about the workers’ comp insurer’s finances. ...Read More | |||
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Fewer Opioids Prescribed to Injured Workers Following HB 1 | 08/30/2017 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Fewer injured workers in Kentucky who were taking pain medications received opioids — and received smaller amounts on average — after the implementation of Kentucky’s House Bill 1, according to a new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Task Force Forming on Pain Management | 08/30/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is seeking nominations for members to serve on a task force aimed at reviewing best practices for pain management. ...Read More | |||
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Feds Arrange Undercover Sting to Nab Malingering Postal Worker | 08/29/2017 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal agents set up a sting that involved taking a malingering workers’ compensation claimant on a three-day kayaking trip as part of an effort to prove that she was lying about her inability to work following an injury. ...Read More | |||
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Father Can't Assert Seaworthiness Claim for Boating Accident That Killed Son | 08/24/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal trial court judge ruled that the father of a 5-year old boy who was killed in a boating accident could not assert a viable claim against the owner of the ship allegedly at fault for a breach of the duty of seaworthiness. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Grand Jury Issues New Charges Against Owner of Several Carriers | 08/24/2017 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal grand jury added 19 new fraud counts against a Rockford man who owned several insurance firms and allegedly took more than 100 clients for more than $800,000. ...Read More | |||
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Former Coal Miner Waited Too Long to Appeal Denial of Black Lung Claim | 08/23/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a former coal miner missed the deadline to seek review of the denial of his claim for Black Lung Benefits by waiting for the Benefits Review Board decision on his request for reconsideration. ...Read More | |||
