Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Tosses $1.9 Million Award for Railway Worker's Silicosis
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04/25/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: MS | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Mississippi Supreme Court threw out a jury's $1.9 million verdict in favor of the widow of a veteran railway worker for his fatal lung injuries caused by his long-term inhalation of silica, finding insufficient evidence to establish that the defendant had supplied the sand that was used...Read More
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Hudson County Chiropractor Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
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04/25/2014
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State: NJ | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Hudson County chiropractor has pleaded guilty to third-degree insurance fraud for submitting numerous fraudulent claims to an insurance company for chiropractic treatments and office visits that never took place.Charles Boas, 66, of Matawan, was charged on Sept. 12...Read More
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Halloran & Sage Hires Workers' Compensation Associate
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04/22/2014
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State: CT | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Hartford law firm of Halloran & Sage announced that Alyssa Swaniger has joined the firm as a workers’ compensation defense associate.Her practice involves defense of employers, insurance companies and third-party administrators in proceedings before the...Read More
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High Court Says Workers Not at MMI Can Have TTD Terminated
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04/22/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: MS | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that if a worker is able to return to his usual employment before reaching maximum medical improvement for his injury, then he is no longer entitled to temporary total disability benefits because he is no longer suffering a loss of wage-earning capacity....Read More
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High Court Overturns Causation Standard for Wrongful Firing Claims
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04/16/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: MO | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Missouri Supreme Court ruled en banc on Tuesday that an employer's discriminatory animus does not need to be the exclusive cause of the employer's decision to terminate an injured worker for the worker to prevail on a wrongful discharge action, overturning 30 years of case law....Read More
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HomeCare Connect Names Timothy Bates as VP of Operations
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04/15/2014
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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HomeCare Connect has named Timothy Bates as its vice president of operations.In the newly created position, Bates will oversee HomeCare Connect's durable medical equipment, clinical call center and home-modification operations.Based ne...Read More
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High Court to Decide Compensability of Traveling Nurse's Car Crash
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04/11/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral argument about whether a home health-care nurse should be entitled to workers' compensation benefits for her injuries from a car accident that happened while she was en route to a patient's house and the local mall....Read More
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Hahn Named Fireman's Fund CMO
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04/10/2014
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Robyn Hahn has been named chief marketing officer of Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, the Novato, Calif.-based company announced in a release.Hahn will be responsible for developing and executing Fireman’s Fund’s marketing and communications strategy. She has 20 years ...Read More
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House Unanimously Passes Physician-Dispensing Bill
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04/09/2014
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State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Peter Mantius, Northern Bureau ChiefA bill that would limit physician dispensing of prescription drugs to 15 days after an initial treatment and set reimbursements for drugs at 100% of average wholesal...Read More
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