Workers' Compensation News
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Fraud Commission Announces Increase in Funding
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08/06/2015
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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California's Fraud Assessment Commission announced that it will give prosecutors throughout the state grants totaling $34.95 million for the 2015-2016 fiscal year, about 10% more than the $31.8 million the commission awarded last year.
About $21.8 million, nearly two-thirds of the gra...Read More
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Former Comp Attorney Rick Kimnach Dead at 62
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07/31/2015
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State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Former Chicago workers' compensation attorney Richard "Rick" Kimnach died July 15 at his home in Bloomfield, Indiana, the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission announced Thursday. He was 62.
According to an obituary emailed by the commission:
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Fatalities Down nearly 50% through 6 Months
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07/30/2015
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The number of compensable fatalities in the first six months of 2015 is down almost 50% compared to last year, according to data released Wednesday by Oregon's Department of Consumer and Business Services.
Eleven workers have died through the first two quarters of the year, compa...Read More
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False Job Searches Bring Fraud Conviction for Milford Claimant
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07/27/2015
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An Ohio claimant must pay $7,239.78 and serve two years under community control after his July 10 conviction on one count of workers' compensation fraud and one count of forgery, the Bureau of Workers' Compensation announced Friday.
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Former Law Partners' Dispute Belongs in Superior Court
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07/23/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that a fight between two former law partners over the division of fees from workers' compensation cases they had handled belonged in the superior court, not before the State Board of Workers' Compensation.
Case: Smith v. Williams, No. A15A0670, 0...Read More
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Flanigan-Leavitt Appoints 2 Producers in Reno
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07/23/2015
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State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0
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The Flanigan-Leavitt Insurance Agency has appointed Kyle Nielsen and Kelley Shewmaker as producers in its Reno office, the company said Wednesday.
Nielsen is a sales executive focusing on restaurants, retail, construction and auto repair. Shewmaker is a property and casualty agent with 20...Read More
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Federal Informants Paid Millions in Comp Benefits
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07/22/2015
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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Word on the street is "snitches get stitches," but the investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Justice says informants working with the Drug Enforcement Agency also get federal employee workers' compensation and death benefits without any oversight or review.
One confide...Read More
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Faster, Cheaper Joint-Replacement Surgeries Available
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07/22/2015
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Workers’ compensation patients could easily have total joint replacements done in an outpatient setting – which could drastically reduce the cost – but it appears that most are still spending multiple days in hospitals following the surgeries.
Total knee and hip replacem...Read More
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