Workers' Compensation News
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Highway Worker Suspected of Double-Dipping, Lying About Injury | 06/18/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 265 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 14 min read | |||
| Prosecutors say a state highway maintenance worker lied about his injury and collected $7,875 in benefits while working for other employers. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Clarifies Proper Offset for Officer's Accidental Disability Retirement Benefits | 06/14/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 239 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 13 min read | |||
| New York’s highest court ruled that a retired New York City police officer's jury award in a personal injury action must be offset by her accidental disability retirement benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Homeowner Qualified as Tree Trimmer's Employer but Had No Tort Liability for Worker's Fall | 06/13/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1084 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 54 min read | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a homeowner was not liable to a worker he had hired to trim trees on his property as a matter of law, even though the worker qualified as his employee. ...Read More | |||
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Homicide Suspect Sentenced in Work Comp Case | 06/12/2018 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 240 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| An Ohio man suspected of killing a man who was romantically interested in his girlfriend has been sentenced to a year in prison for creating a phony workers’ comp certificate of coverage, according to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Health Care Worker Ordered to Pay $10K Restitution for Overbilling | 05/22/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 274 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 21 min read | |||
| A Texas health care worker was ordered to pay $10,000 restitution for overbilling insurers for time spent on functional capacity examinations, the Division of Workers’ Compensation announced Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Heavy Fines Proposed for Alleged Lead Exposure at Battery Plant | 05/22/2018 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 124 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 83 min read | |||
| A Milwaukee battery manufacturer is facing proposed penalties of $147,822 for allegedly exposing employees to lead and failing to implement an effective lead management program. ...Read More | |||
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House Gives Final Approval to Notice Bill | 05/18/2018 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 364 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 44 min read | |||
| Missouri employers would be able to comply with the state’s notice requirements by electronic means, and self-insured groups that serve local governments would be able to use either the average rate classification or filed rate method of setting members' rates, under a bill that pa...Read More | |||
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Highrise Builder Accused of Stealing Wages, Avoiding Taxes and Premiums | 05/17/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 337 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 51 min read | |||
| Manhattan prosecutors accuse a Queens construction company and its payroll processing company of cheating a workers’ compensation carrier, employees and state tax collectors out of nearly $10 million, according to press reports. ...Read More | |||
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House Approves Bill Increasing WC Appeals Court Judge Salaries | 05/17/2018 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 124 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 16 min read | |||
| As expected, the Minnesota House of Representatives voted 127-0 to pass a bill that increases the salaries of workers’ compensation judges by about $7,000 and allows retired administrative law judges to hear cases in the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Says Death Benefit Statute, Exclusive Remedy Pass Constitutional Muster | 05/15/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor) | |||
| State: AK | Segment: Top | 297 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 12 min read | |||
| Alaska's statutory cap on benefits when a worker without dependents dies is constitutional, and exclusive remedy prevents a mother from trying to pursue a defective-machinery lawsuit to recover damages, the state Supreme Court ...Read More | |||
