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Firefighter's 'Valley Fever' Not Presumptively Compensable 08/31/2015
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
A divided Washington Supreme Court ruled that a firefighter's "Valley Fever" was not a presumptively compensable occupational disease. ...Read More
 
 

Filing Comp Claim Was Timely Notice of Cumulative Trauma Injury 08/26/2015
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a worker provided his employer with timely notice of his cumulative trauma injury by filing his comp claim within four weeks of the date his doctor released him to return to work after undergoing back surgery. ...Read More
 
 
Formulary Bill Remains a Work in Progress 08/21/2015
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Legislation that would require California's Division of Workers' Compensation to implement a prescription drug formulary remains a work in progress with one week left before the deadline for the State Appropriations Committee to pass the bill. Assemblyman Henry Perea, D-Fresno, am...Read More
 
 
Full Workers' Compensation Package Online 08/21/2015
State: CT | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
A complete package of Connecticut’s workers’ compensation laws, regulations and forms can now be seen online or downloaded from the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission website. Known as Bulletin 51, the PDF...Read More
 
 
Ft. Worth Replaces WC Carrier for Handling of Shooting Incident 08/20/2015
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The alleged mishandling of information gathered by a workers’ compensation nurse in the aftermath of the shooting of a Ft. Worth police sergeant Jan. 29 has led to a new carrier for the city’s claims, according to the ...Read More
 
 

Former Chiropractor Gets More Jail Time 08/14/2015
State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
(image via laed.uscourts.gov) ...Read More
 
 

Feds Arrest Another Doctor in Lab Bribery Scheme 08/13/2015
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Federal prosecutors have charged a New York doctor with accepting bribes in return for referring blood tests to a New Jersey clinical laboratory, the 39th person to be charged in the case. ...Read More
 
 
Families of Pilots Demand State Pay Death Benefits 08/11/2015
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The families of 14 air tanker pilots killed while battling California wildfires jointly filed a claim with the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection seeking more than $4 million in death benefits, according to a report by the Sacramento Bee. Paul Goyette, an attorney representi...Read More
 
 
Former Co-owner of Premier Medical Dies in Plane Crash 08/11/2015
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
Birger Greg Bacino, who pleaded no contest in 2010 to illegally acquiring workers' compensation patients for Southern California firm Premier Medical Management Systems, was killed in a plane crash last week. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office on Saturday confirmed that Bac...Read More
 
 

Fire Truck Manufacturer Cited for Hazards 08/11/2015
State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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