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Health Care Services Board to Discuss Treatment Guidelines Jan. 31 01/23/2015
State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Massachusetts Health Care Services Board will discuss medical treatment guidelines during a meeting in Boston on Jan. 31. In addition, the board is scheduled to go into closed executive session during the meeting for a complaint hearing, according to the board's agenda. Al...Read More
 
 
High Court Says Absent Commissioner Can Cast Vote on Petition for Rehearing 01/22/2015
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Ohio Supreme Court is standing by its prior decision that a commissioner did not violate a claimant's due process rights by voting to deny rehearing despite having not attended the hearing on her petition. Case: State ex. rel Evert v. Industrial Commission, No. 2012-1178, 01/20/20...Read More
 
 
Helios VP to Discuss Evolving State and Federal Opioid Policies at AAPAN Forum 01/22/2015
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
Brian Allen, vice president of government affairs for the pharmacy benefit manager Helios, will speak about evolving national policy on opioids around the country at the annual forum of the American Association of Payers, Administrators and Networks on Jan. 25. Allen will focus on st...Read More
 
 

Hurley Rogner Taps New Managing Partner for Ft. Pierce Office 01/21/2015
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
 
 

Hutchinson Appoints ALJ Douthit to Spot on Commission 01/21/2015
State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Gov. Asa Hutc...Read More
 
 

Hospital Employee's Suit for Fall in Medical Lab Wasn't a Health Care Liability Claim 01/19/2015
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
 
 

House Committee: DWC Should Study Non-Subscription, Uncovered Employees 01/16/2015
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
 
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