Workers' Compensation News
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Gunpowder Plant Owner Draws Prison Term in Fatal Explosion
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12/03/2013
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State: NH | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The owner of a New Hampshire gunpowder plant has been sentenced to 10 to 20 years in state prison for his role in a May 2010 explosion that killed two workers in Colebrook, N.H.Dr. David Michaels, assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, said in a news release that Craig Sanb...Read More
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Goodwin Approves 4.2% Residual-Market Rate Increase
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11/27/2013
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State: NC | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has approved a negotiated settlement that will increase workers' compensation rates in the residual market by 4.2%, effective on April 1, 2014.The North Carolina Rate Bureau said in a circular that it sought an increase in residual ...Read More
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Gov. Appoints New Director of State Comp Agency
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11/26/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez on Monday announced that Darin A. Childers will take over for Ned S. Fuller as director of the state’s Workers’ Compensation Administration on Dec. 2.The administration did not say in a statement why it is replacing Fuller, and Public Informati...Read More
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Gov. Kasich Reappoints Gallucci to Term on Nominating Council
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11/22/2013
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Gov. John Kasich reappointed Frank Gallucci III to the Nominating Council of the Ohio Industrial Commission on Thursday.Gallucci, who is a plaintiffs' attorney, will serve a new four-year term as the council's official representative from the Ohio Association for Justice. The com...Read More
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Groups Calling for CMS to Scrap SMART Act Rule
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11/21/2013
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By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefInsurers, claimants' and defense attorneys and employers are calling on the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to scrap the interim final rule it adopted to implement a...Read More
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Gov. Walker Signs Apprenticeship Bill Into Law
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11/20/2013
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State: WI | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill into law that will create a tuition reimbursement program for apprentices and employers.Walker signed Senate Bill 335 into law last week, which was introduced by Rep. Sh...Read More
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Gregg County Improved Experience through Education, Inspections
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11/20/2013
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Gregg County commissioners attributed their decreasing loss ratios to inspections and improved safety education from the Texas Association of Counties during a Monday meeting.The association gave Gregg County its 2012 Safety Award, according to a report in the Longview News-Journal newsp...Read More
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Gov. Quinn Issues Proclamation Honoring Arbitrator Doug Holland
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11/19/2013
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State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Gov. Pat Quinn issued a proclamation declaring Oct. 20 to be Douglas Holland day, in honor of the arbitrator who passed away on Oct. 17.The governor published a proclamation in the Illinois Register honoring Holland for his work as a commissioner at the Illinois Workers' Compensation...Read More
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Guaranty Fund Failed to State Subrogation Claim against Carrier
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11/14/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund cannot recoup the workers' compensation benefits it paid on behalf of an injured employee of a staffing company whose insurer was liquidated by suing the carriers that provided coverage to the employer-client, the state's 1st District Appellate Court rule...Read More
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Goodwin Approves 0.3% Loss-Cost Increase
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11/13/2013
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State: NC | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has approved a request by the North Carolina Rate Bureau to increase workers' compensation loss costs in the voluntary market by 0.3%, effective on April 1, 2014.The North Carolina Rate Bureau has issued a circular letter to bureau ...Read More
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