Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Tosses Appeals of Interlocutory Rulings | 09/04/2019 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that an employer and its insurance carrier could not appeal from non-final orders in an enforcement action filed by an injured worker over the alleged failure to provide benefits. ...Read More | |||
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House Floats 12 Bills to Crack Down on Misclassification, Payroll Fraud | 09/04/2019 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Five months after Michigan's new attorney general announced a crackdown on worker misclassification and payroll fraud, House Democrats have introduced 12 bills that would increase penalties and allow lawsuits against employer-owners. ...Read More | |||
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Houston Attorney Charged After Slapping Another Lawyer | 09/03/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An 83-year-old Houston attorney who has handled a number of high-profile workplace injury cases has been charged with misdemeanor assault after he slapped another lawyer before a deposition. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Orders Indefinite Suspension of Attorney | 08/29/2019 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Maryland’s highest court on Wednesday ordered the suspension of a Montgomery County attorney for, among other things, misconduct related to his representation of an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Finding of Fraud | 08/26/2019 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a worker had committed fraud by collecting permanent total disability benefits while working. Case:...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Three-Year Suspension of Attorney With History of Misconduct | 08/19/2019 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine last week upheld the three-year suspension of a workers’ compensation attorney. ...Read More | |||
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Hospital Has No Liability for Electric Shock Injury | 08/16/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a hospital could not be held liable for a contractor’s injury from an electric shock while working on the property’s breaker box. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Clarifies Liability Limit for Pre-Existing Conditions | 08/13/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Supreme Court unanimously ruled that injured workers must be fully compensated for an impairment unless the employer has reduced liability after issuing a denial for a combined condition. ...Read More | |||
| Highmark, BrickStreet Fined for Error Leading to Rate Hike; PCRB Under Consent Order | 08/08/2019 | ||
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Thanks to a reporting error that wreaked havoc on workers' compensation premiums over the past year, the Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau will have regulators looking over its shoulder and an insurer responsible for part of the snafu is facing a six-figure fine. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Clarifies Deadline to File for Additional Benefits | 07/26/2019 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that a worker has 12 months from the date of last compensation payment to request additional benefits for a change in condition. ...Read More | |||
