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Workers' Compensation News

 
House Judiciary Passes 'Fair Claims' Bill 01/21/2014
State: WV | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
A bill that provides incentives for anyone to report government fraud or abuse advanced in the state House Judiciary Committee by a 15-9 party-line vote. The Democrat-backed House...Read More
 
 
Health Lobby Vows to Fight Medical Fee Schedule 01/20/2014
State: WI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
By Peter Mantius, Northern Bureau ChiefA draft workers’ compensation bill in Wisconsin prepared by the state's labor-management advisory council that would establish a medical fee schedule threatens to trigger...Read More
 
 
High Court Denies Publication of 1st DCA Willful Misconduct Case 01/17/2014
By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
An unpublished California 1st District Court of Appeal decision on when an employer's failure to inspect and correct the condition of its equipment rises to the level of "serious and willful misconduct" will remain only persuasive case law in California.The Calif...Read More
 
 
High Court Hears Dispute on whether IRCA Trumps Exclusivity 01/14/2014
By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
New York's highest court last week heard oral argument in a dispute about whether an employer that violated federal immigration law by hiring two undocumented aliens lost its exclusive-remedy protection from claims filed by those workers after they were injured at work....Read More
 
 
Hueso to Chair Labor Committee, Hearing Scheduled on SB 626 01/10/2014
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The California Senate Rules Committee unanimously approved a recommendation to name Ben Hueso as chairman of the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.Hueso, a Democrat from San Diego, will replace Bill Monning, D-Carmel, who served as chairman of the labor committee in 2013 and wa...Read More
 
 
High Court Says Worker Unable to Work Nights Was Not 'Disabled' 01/10/2014
By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
State: MT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Montana Supreme Court ruled that a former cement-manufacturing plant supervisor was not "disabled" by the stress of his job since his heart condition didn't stop him from golfing, camping, hiking or securing other work doing the same basic job for another employer....Read More
 
 
House Committee Approves Changes for Comp Scofflaws 01/10/2014
State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Florida House Insurance and Banking Committee on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve legislation that would give businesses more time to pay fines for workers' compensation violations but would boost penalties for failing to provide coverage.The committee approved House Bill 2...Read More
 
 
House Likely to Pass Benefit Increase Bill, Senate Approval Uncertain 01/09/2014
By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
State: NH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
New Hampshire’s House of Representatives is on the cusp of approving a bill that would boost workers’ compensation benefits by 11% starting in January 2015.That change, which still needs approval of the Republican-controlled Senate to be passed into law, could increase employ...Read More
 
 
Home Health Care Operators Arrested on Comp and other Charges 01/09/2014
State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The owners of a home health care agency operating in the Bronx, N.Y., have been charged with withholding nearly $100,000 in wages from workers and failing to carry workers' compensation coverage, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Wednesday.Schneiderman said Maria ...Read More
 
 
High Court Denies Review of Worker's Challenge to Doctor's Report 01/08/2014
By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Texas Supreme Court will not be reviewing a 4th Court of Appeals' decision finding a designated doctor's medical report confirming a claimant's maximum medical improvement date and impairment rating complied with Division of Workers' Compensation rules....Read More
 
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