Workers' Compensation News
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Home Health Care Operators Arrested on Comp and other Charges
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01/09/2014
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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
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High Court Denies Review of Worker's Challenge to Doctor's Report
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01/08/2014
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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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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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Henderson Law Firm Appoints WC Practice Chairman
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01/08/2014
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Attorney David Roos has been elected chairman of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt's workers’ compensation practice, the firm said in a press release.Roos is replacing Cora Molloy, who served as chairwoman of the practice from 2003 to 2013.Roos represents insu...Read More
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Hub International Buys GNW-Evergreen in Los Angeles
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01/07/2014
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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 announced Monday that it has acquired the assets of GNW-Evergreen Insurance Services in Los Angeles. The GNW-Evergreen operations will form a new Hub office in Encino, Calif., and Nashville, Tenn., Hub International said in a press release. In connect...Read More
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Hub Acquires Book of Business from Pinnacle Insurance Partners
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01/06/2014
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: MI | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Hub International Limited announced Friday that its East Division of Hub International Midwest Limited has acquired a portion of the book of business owned by Pinnacle Insurance Partners, a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based full-service insurance brokerage firm.Terms of the acquisitions were not...Read More
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High Court Clarifies When Employers Can Appeal
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12/30/2013
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State: NE | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Nebraska Supreme Court clarified that an employer may not appeal a workers' compensation ruling in favor of a claimant until the trial court has awarded benefits to the injured worker. The high court issued a decision in the case of Jacobitz v. Aurora Cooperative stating that the...Read More
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House Panel to Take up Stop-Work Order Changes
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12/24/2013
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Florida House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee will consider legislation Jan. 8 that would give employers that are issued stop-work orders for failing to provide workers' compensation coverage extra time to pay penalties and would allow them to make a $1,000 down payment and negotiate paym...Read More
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High Court Reverses Denial of Benefits for Truck Driver's Back Injury
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12/24/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: ND | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Supreme Court of North Dakota overturned the denial of an award of benefits to a truck driver who claimed that his preexisting cervical condition had been substantially worsened by his employment.Case: Parsons v. Workforce Safety & Insurance Fund, No. 2013019...Read More
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Hearing Canceled on Covered Employee Reporting Bill
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12/23/2013
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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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A bill that would require employers to report all covered employees when purchasing workers' compensation insurance has been taken off the agenda for the Jan. 8 hearing of the California Assembly Insurance Committee, but a staffer with the author's office said the measure is not dead....Read More
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High Court Rejects Bid for Increased Benefits to Firefighter Widows
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12/23/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A divided Illinois Supreme Court last week ruled that the widows of Chicago firefighters who died prior to 2004 cannot benefit from a legislative change in the method for calculating pensions that went into effect that year and that would have increased the compensation owed to them....Read More
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