Workers' Compensation News
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High Court: Unpaid Student Intern Wasn't an 'Employee'
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07/24/2014
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An unpaid student intern is not an "employee" entitled to protection under Wisconsin's anti-retaliation law for heath care workers, the state Supreme Court ruled.
Case: Masri v. State of Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission, No. 2012AP1047, 07/22/2014, published....Read More
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Haley Appoints Failed Candidate, Son of Former Gov. to WC Commission
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07/23/2014
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Source: Greenville News
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State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is appointing the son of a former governor, who ran unsuccessfully earlier this year for the lieutenant governor's post, as a workers' compensation commissioner, according to a report by the Greenville News.
The newspaper said Haley nominated busine...Read More
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Harriman Man Faces Felony Charges for Collecting $27,000 in Excess Benefits
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07/21/2014
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Harriman man faces third-degree felony fraud charges for collecting $27,000 in excess workers’ compensation insurance benefits, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said.
Trent Mitchell, 43, allegedly accepted the benefits while working full time in the Town of...Read More
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High Court Clarifies Worker's Burden to Prove 'Definite Time and Place' of Injury
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07/15/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: HI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled last week that a worker's inability to show that her injury occurred at a "definite time and place" while she was at work was not fatal to her claim for service-connected disability retirement benefits.
Although Hawaii Revised Statutes Section ...Read More
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High Court Accepts CAA Amicus Brief in Officer's Claim
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07/11/2014
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The California Supreme Court last week accepted amicus briefs from the California Applicants' Attorneys Association in a dispute over a police officer's claim for temporary disability indemnity at the statutory maximum rate and from the California Workers' Compensation ...Read More
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Hanford Air Samples Below Occupational Exposure Levels
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07/11/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Since January, nearly 40 workers at the largest nuclear waste storage site in the country reported breathing difficulties and other symptoms they attributed to vapors emanating from storage tanks, but the Associated Press reports air samples taken at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington sta...Read More
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Hawaii Law the Most Generous Repackaged Drug Measures yet
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07/14/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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There is little argument that regulatory and legislative efforts to set reimbursement rates for repackaged drugs makes physician dispensing a legitimate part of a medical practice.
Whether that’s a good thing remains a source of contention, as evidenced by the debate over a bill cap...Read More
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HM Insurance Board Appoints Rhenish President and COO
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07/14/2014
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Source: HM Insurance
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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HM Insurance Group's board of directors has appointed Matt Rhenish as the company's new president and chief operating officer, effective immediately, the insurer and reinsurer said in a press release Friday.
The Pittsburg-based carrier writes workers' comp insurance in Pennsyl...Read More
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