Workers' Compensation News
| High Court Issues Stayed Suspension for Claimants' Attorney who Gave Money to Client on TTD | 04/13/2015 | ||
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| The Ohio Supreme Court last week suspended a claimants' attorney from practice for a period of six months after she pleaded guilty to complicity to commit workers' compensation fraud, but stayed the suspension on condition that she commit no further misconduct. Natalie Ference Gru...Read More | |||
| High Court Says Worker's Estate Can Pursue Claim for PPD after Worker's Death | 04/10/2015 | ||
| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| A unanimous Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a worker's claim for permanent partial disability survived his death. Accordingly, the court said, the estate of Gary Sather may prosecute the claim he filed before he died in January 2013. The case, Sather v. SAIF Corp.,...Read More | |||
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Hearing on mid-year Rate Decrease April 30 | 04/08/2015 | |
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| The California Department of Insurance will hear testimony regarding a proposed mid-year decrease in the advisory pure premium r...Read More | |||
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High Court Says Self-Insurance Group Can Proceed with Claims over Mismanagement of Assets | 04/08/2015 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court last week revived a workers' compensation self-insurance group's claims against its former investment banker and broker for their alleged mismanagement of the group's assets. ...Read More | |||
| Hospital Parent Co. Responds to Ebola Lawsuit, Says Comp Should Be Remedy | 04/08/2015 | ||
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| After the parent company of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas asked a judge to throw out the lawsuit against it by a nurse who contracted Ebola at the hospital, an attorney for nurse Nina Pham said her client is moving forward with the suit, according to a report on KERA Radio. ...Read More | |||
| High Court Says Collateral Source Payments Will Reduce Employer's Statutory Offset | 04/06/2015 | ||
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| The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that the cost of medical bills for a worker's compensable treatments that were covered by his private health insurance carrier will reduce the amount of credit his employer had by virtue of his settlement recovery from the third party responsible for his i...Read More | |||
| High Court Issues 2 Rulings on Scope of Scaffold Law | 04/03/2015 | ||
| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York's highest court on Thursday added two decisions to the ever-growing mountain of case law on the type of activities that will bring a worker under the protection of Labor Law Section 240(1) – otherwise known as the "scaffold law." The Court of Appeals ruled tha...Read More | |||
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Helios: Prescription Cost per Claim in 2014 Increased for first Time in a Decade | 04/02/2015 | |
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| Despite a decreased use of opioids among injured workers, the average cost of prescription drugs per workers’ compensation claim increased last year for the first time in more than a decade, according to a report released Thursday by pharmacy benefit manager Helios. ...Read More | |||
| Honolulu Food Warehouse Gives up Fight on 2-Year-Old OSHA Penalties for blocked Exits | 04/01/2015 | ||
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| After two years of litigation, a Honolulu food refrigeration warehouse has given up its fight against U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and has agreed to pay $197,000 in penalties for code violations related to a 2013 inspection. In February 2013, OSHA inspectors all...Read More | |||
| House Passes Bill Repealing cost-cutting Formula for Physician Payments | 03/31/2015 | ||
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| Advocates say a bill headed for passage in the U.S. Senate would likely increase Medicare’s reimbursement rates for physicians, which in turn, could drive up workers’ compensation medical reimbursements in states that tie fee schedules to Medicare pricing. ...Read More | |||
