Workers' Compensation News
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Hurley Rogner Taps New Managing Partner for Ft. Pierce Office | 01/21/2015 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The defense firm of Hurley, Rogner, Miller, Cox, Waranch & Westcott on Tuesday announced the elevation of Paul L. Luger to the position of managing partner for the firm's Ft. Pierce office. ...Read More | |||
| Husband of Beheading Victim Awarded Death Benefits; other Attack Victim's TTD Questioned | 01/21/2015 | ||
| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The husband of a woman who was beheaded at her job in Moore, Oklahoma, last September will receive $100,000 in death benefits plus $418 per week for the rest of his life, but a woman injured in the same attack is seeing her temporary total disability benefits challenged, according to the Oklahoma...Read More | |||
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Hutchinson Appoints ALJ Douthit to Spot on Commission | 01/21/2015 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Asa Hutc...Read More | |||
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Hospital Employee's Suit for Fall in Medical Lab Wasn't a Health Care Liability Claim | 01/19/2015 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a hospital employee could pursue a tort claim against her non-subscribing employer for a workplace fall, and that her claim was for ordinary negligence, outside the ambit of the state Medical Liability Act. Case: McKelvy v. Columbia Medical Center o...Read More | |||
| High Court Decision on Fatal Trench Collapse Is 'Devoid of Justice,' Dissenters Say | 01/19/2015 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that a municipality that hired an uninsured contractor to perform work on a sewer project could not be held vicariously liable for the contractor's negligence in causing a fatal trench collapse over the sharp dissent of two justices. Case: Hill v. C...Read More | |||
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House Committee: DWC Should Study Non-Subscription, Uncovered Employees | 01/16/2015 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas legislative committee assigned to evaluate how well the state's voluntary workers' comp system meets the needs of employers and employees says it didn't have enough information to perform that task. In a separate interim charge addressed in the report, the House committee also...Read More | |||
| Higginbotham Brings on New Senior Loss-Control Consultant | 01/13/2015 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Higginbotham, an insurance brokerage headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, has hired a new senior loss-control consultant. Steven Stick, a former technology risk-control specialist for Travelers Insurance, will take on the role, according to a Friday ...Read More | |||
| High Court Clarifies Scope of Comp Commission's Jurisdiction | 01/12/2015 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Commission has no jurisdiction to decide a city's entitlement to recover the sick leave payments it had made to a retired firefighter on the basis that he had also received workers' compensation for the same...Read More | |||
| Hospital Comparison Tools Appear to Give Payers a Way to Cut Costs, Study Finds | 01/12/2015 | ||
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| A Medicare tool that allows users to compare the quality of hospitals has given insurers a bargaining chip to negotiate lower medical prices, researchers have found, but the effects in the workers’ compensation space might be muted. Medicare’s “...Read More | |||
| Hub Acquires Assets of Fidelity Associates | 01/09/2015 | ||
| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Insurance brokerage Hub International Limited on Thursday announced that it acquired the assets of Fidelity Associates Inc. and Fidelity Associates Financial Services Inc. serving Washington state and the Pacific Northwest. Hub did not disclose terms of the deal in its statement. ...Read More | |||
