Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Clarifies Requirements for Loss of Earning Power Awards
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05/13/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NE | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker with an undisputed permanent impairment to both his knees did not need to provide evidence of permanent physical restrictions as to each of his knees in order to avail himself of a statutory provision allowing a workers' compensation j...Read More
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High Court Issues 3 Comp Decisions in Single Week
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05/12/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Sherri OkamotoLegal ReporterThe Ohio Supreme Court last week issued three decisions, two of which found injured workers not to be entitled to awards of permanent and total disability benefi...Read More
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HM Insurance Appoints Sales Director in Seattle Office
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05/09/2014
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Michael Ann Johnson has joined HM Insurance Group as the sales director of the company's Seattle regional sales office, the company said Thursday.Johnson replaces Heidi Whoolery, who recently moved into a new role for HM as national producer relations executive.Johnson wi...Read More
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Hahn & Bowersock Gains New Director of Operations
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05/07/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Costa Mesa-based court reporting and legal video company Hahn & Bowersock on Tuesday announced that it has hired a new director of operations and legal affairs.Jeff Koller comes to the company from Hutchings Court Reporters, a national court reporting agency he h...Read More
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High Court Authorizes Epidurals for Foreman's 11-Year-Old Injury
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05/05/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: WV | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia ruled that a construction foreman was entitled to receive epidural injections for his back pain which his doctors attributed to a workplace fall more than a decade ago. Case: Elkins v. West Virginia Office of Insurance Commissioner, No. ...Read More
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High Court Reduces Liability for Members of Self-Insurance Plan
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05/02/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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New York's highest court ruled that the liability of municipalities that wished to withdraw from a county's self-insurance fund needed to be discounted to the value of that liability as of the date that they withdrew. Case: Village of Ilion v. County of ...Read More
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High Court Says Legislature Can Change Judicial Standard of Review
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05/01/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: OK | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the Legislature's 2011 change to the appropriate standard of review for workers' compensation cases did not violate the Oklahoma Constitution's separation of powers provision.Case: Kentucky Fried Chicken of McAlester ...Read More
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Harbor Health Systems Launches MPN
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04/29/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Harbor Health Systems launched a medical provider network program Monday that employers and carriers can use instead of building their own networks.Prior to Senate Bill 863, carriers and self-insured employers had to build their own provider networks. The reform bill, which took effect J...Read More
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House Passes Bill to Expand Choice of Physicians
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04/28/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Colorado House of Representatives passed a bill that would double the number of physicians an employer must offer to a worker seeking treatment for a job-related injury.The House on Thursday voted 37-27 to pass HB 1383, a bill by Rep. Angele Williams, D-Denver, that would require inj...Read More
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Health Care Aide's Claim against Employer Was Subject to TMLA
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04/25/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A health care worker seeking to sue her nonsubscribing employer for injuries she sustained while assisting a patient had to comply with the pleading requirements of the Texas Medical Liability Act, the 14th Court of Appeals ruled.Case: Adams v. Golden Rule Service, N...Read More
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