Workers' Compensation News
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High Court to Address Use of Comp Act to Establish Jurisdiction
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10/17/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: PA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will be hearing a dispute about whether the state Workers' Compensation Act definition of "employee" can be used to establish in personam jurisdiction under the Pennsylvania Long-Arm Statute.The case is...Read More
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Healthpointe, Riverside Hospital Move to Dismiss Whistleblower Case
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10/16/2013
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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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Healthpointe Medical Group Inc. and Riverside Community Hospital filed motions saying they should be dismissed as defendants from a whistleblower complaint alleging they participated with other Southern California health care providers in a scheme to inflate bills for spinal procedures.H...Read More
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High Court: Employer Can't Apportion Liability for Death Benefits
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10/16/2013
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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 Tuesday ruled that an employer could not apportion the death benefits payable to a plumber's widow between the work-related and nonwork-related causes of her late-husband's death.Even though Antonio Hroncich's doctor testif...Read More
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High Court Clarifies Deadlines for Workers to Report Injuries
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10/16/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: DC | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The District of Columbia's highest court ruled that a worker who waited two months to tell his employer that he had hurt his shoulder on the job had timely reported his injury since he told his employer about the injury within 30 days of seeing a doctor and having the doctor curtail his wor...Read More
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High Court: Routine Cleaning Not Covered by Scaffold Law
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10/11/2013
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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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A janitor who fell from a ladder while dusting a display shelf at a clothing store was not "cleaning" within the meaning of the state's scaffold law at the time of his accident, New York's highest court ruled Thursday. "Routine maintenance of that type h...Read More
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High Court: PPD Awards Can Be Stacked to Determine Comp Rate
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10/01/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: MD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A permanent partial disability award for a scheduled injury can be combined with an award of benefits for an unscheduled injury to entitle the claimant to a higher rate of compensation, Maryland's highest court ruled.The Maryland workers' compensation scheme inclu...Read More
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High Court Says Doctor's Opinion Not Supported by Science
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09/27/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: MD | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Maryland's highest court overturned a jury verdict in favor of six workers who claimed to have developed illnesses from their workplace exposure to mold because their doctor's method of diagnosing them and of determining the causal link between their condition and their work reflected a...Read More
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High Court Says Work on Docked Vessel Not 'Sea-Based Activity'
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09/27/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: MD | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The time that a worker spent maintaining vessels that were dockside or ashore could not be considered work time in service of a vessel in navigation for purposes of the Jones Act, Maryland's highest court ruled.Case: Dize v. Association of Maryland Pilots, No. 56...Read More
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Horsemen Comp Still Plagued by Safety, Payroll-Reporting Concerns
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09/23/2013
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By David Dankwa, Senior ReporterBuying workers’ compensation insurance in the traditional casualty market has long been a challenge in the horse-racing industry, forcing trainers and racetrack owners to increasingly seek coverage through alternative risk transfer programs such as c...Read More
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