Workers' Compensation News
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House Votes to Cap Claimants' Attorney Fees at $150 an Hour
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01/15/2018
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By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter)
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State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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On their fourth day of the 2018 legislative session, members of Florida's House of Representatives voted along party lines to pass a bill that would cap claimants’ attorney fees at $150 an hour even though a 9.5% rate decrease went into effect 11 days earlier.
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House Passes Presumption Bill for Hanford Workers
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01/12/2018
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Washington state lawmakers have revived a bill that would create an occupational disease presumption for workers at the U.S. Department of Energy Hanford nuclear site.
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Hurricane Harvey Restrictions Lifted on Wednesday
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01/09/2018
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Division of Workers’ Compensation has lifted a bulletin on deadlines and procedures for insurance carriers in response to Hurricane Harvey. Starting Wednesday, all deadlines and procedures will go into effect.
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Hanford Presumption Proposal Returns in 2018
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01/08/2018
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Lawmakers in Washington state will take another a run at creating a presumption that certain diseases are compensable injuries for workers at the federal Hanford Nuclear Reservation this year.
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High Court: Siding With IME Doctor Was Right Decision
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01/04/2018
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State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Tennessee Supreme Court's workers' compensation panel decided that a lower court was in the right when it awarded a trash collector benefits based on an independent medical examiner's opinion.
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