Workers' Compensation News
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Holland Man Charged with Defrauding VA, Workers' Comp
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03/04/2014
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Holland man faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for receiving benefits from the Veterans Administration and workers’ compensation system that he didn't deserve.Richard L. Klaffka, 56, is charged with making false statements, mail f...Read More
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High Court Upholds Judgment for Employer that Altered Machine
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02/27/2014
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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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An employer's deliberate act of dismantling safety features of a leather-stamping machine was not so substantially certain to result in injury as to exempt a worker who was injured by the machine from the exclusivity provisions of New Jersey's workers' compensation law, New York'...Read More
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High Court Affirms Denial of Cymbalta to Claimant
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02/25/2014
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed a decision to deny duloxetine to a claimant who gave inconsistent accounts of her symptoms to several medical providers, finding she had failed to prove that her headaches were caused by a 1999 work injury.Case: Landwehr v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers...Read More
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House Passes Bill to Tighten Opioid-Prescribing Rules
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02/25/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Arizona House of Representatives on Monday unanimously passed a bill that would require doctors to consult with the state's prescription drug-monitoring program when prescribing opioids and other Schedule II controlled substances....Read More
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High Court Won't Review or Depublish Former WNBA Player's Case
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02/24/2014
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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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The California Supreme Court last week denied review of an appellate court decision finding California did not have jurisdiction over the cumulative trauma claims of a former professional basketball player based on the fact that she had practiced and played one game in Los Angeles during the fi...Read More
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High Court Decides 2 Cases on Liability for Falling Objects
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02/21/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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New York's highest court on Thursday issued two decisions providing guidance as to the scope of an employer's liability for falling objects under Labor Law Sections 240 and 241. The statutes provide one of the most frequent sources of litigation in the s...Read More
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High Court Denies Benefits for Clerical Worker's Breathing Problems
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02/21/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that an office worker who claimed to have developed respiratory problems while working at a medical clinic more than 10 years ago failed to prove her entitlement to benefits.Case: Coppe v. Bleicher, No. S-14938, 02/14/2014, published....Read More
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High Court Orders Do-Over of Illegal Worker's Lost Earnings Award
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02/20/2014
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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, less than one year after it reversed a denial of an injured undocumented worker's claim for lost earning capacity benefits, reversed the award of benefits that had been issued on remand based on the trial judge’s failure to consider all of the evidence in t...Read More
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Hospital Outpatient Fee Schedule Would Cut Payments by 7.6%
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02/19/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefThe Resource-Based Relative Value Scale outpatient fee schedule proposed by the California Division of Workers' Compensation is expected to cut maximum allowable payments to hospital...Read More
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Hub International Opens Benefits Office in San Francisco
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02/19/2014
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Hub International Insurance Services has opened its “enterprise” commercial markets and benefits group office in the San Francisco financial district, the brokerage said in a press release.Prior to occupying the office at 180 Sutter St. in San Francisco, Hub commercial and be...Read More
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