Workers' Compensation News
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GOP-Controlled Statehouses Pushing Pro-Business Comp Reforms | 03/29/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
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| Iowa Republican Gov. Terry Branstad is expected to sign legislation passed by the state Senate on Monday that reduces workers’ benefits but which supporters say improves the state’s competitive position with its neighbors. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Sees Work Comp as Model for State Health Care System | 03/29/2017 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Maine Gov. Paul LePage said he’s considering a state health insurance system to replace the Affordable Care Act, and has suggested modeling it after the state workers’ comp system. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Wants to Plug Budget Hole With Workers' Compensation Funds | 03/27/2017 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The state Senate has passed a bill by a 34-0 vote to redirect money from the Workers’ Compensation Debt Reduction Fund to the General Revenue Fund to shore up budget woes. ...Read More | |||
| Grauer & Associates Adds Andrew Kriegel as Partner, Changes Company Name | 03/24/2017 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Schaumburg-based law firm of Paul W. Grauer & Associates has changed its name to Grauer & Kriegel LLC, adding workers’ compensation attorney Andrew J. Kriegel as a named partner. Kriegel, who represents victims of workplace injuries and other accidents, joined Graue...Read More | |||
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Gov. Bevin Signs Measure Reconstituting ALJ Nominating Panel | 03/23/2017 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has signed a measure that reconstitutes the panel that nominates workers' compensation judges, codifying a controversial move he made last summer by executive order. ...Read More | |||
| Governor Nominates Deputy Commissioner to Commissioner Post | 03/17/2017 | ||
| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Philip A. Baddour III, a deputy commissioner for 16 years, has been nominated to be a commissioner on the North Carolina Industrial Commission. Gov. Roy Cooper nominated him for a six-year term pending confirmation by the state General Assembly, a ...Read More | |||
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GOP Lawmaker Nominated for Workers' Compensation Commission | 03/17/2017 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Longtime Republican lawmaker Mark Formby, a state representative from Picayune, has been nominated to the three-member Workers’ Compensation Commission. ...Read More | |||
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Gori Julian Hires Megan Waterman as Claimants' Attorney | 03/15/2017 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The law firm Gori Julian & Associates has named Megan Waterman a claimants' attorney in its Edwardsville, Illinois, office, local new...Read More | |||
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Governor Urges More Comp Benefits, Earlier Retirement for First Responders | 03/15/2017 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Roy Cooper wants first responders to be able to retire sooner and to receive more workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Group Wants MTUS to Allow Spinal Cord Stimulators for Pain Treatment | 03/13/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North American Neuromodulation Society, a group whose members use spinal cord stimulators and other methods to treat patients’ pain, is objecting to new medical treatment guidelines proposed by the California Division of Workers’ Compensation. ...Read More | |||
