Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Approves Change to Work Comp Court's Rules of Procedure | 01/24/2018 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Nebraska's high court has signed off on changes to a rule governing the procedures for filing workers' compensation appeals. The Supreme Cou...Read More | |||
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High Court: No Reimbursement to Employers for Overturned Attorney Fee Awards | 01/19/2018 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Three years after Howard Parker’s death at the age of 88, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has settled a nine-year dispute between his attorney and employer o...Read More | |||
| Heyl Royster Names Kevin Luther Managing Partner of Rockford Office | 01/19/2018 | ||
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| The Midwestern corporate law firm of Heyl Royster, which represents insurance carriers, health care companies, universities, businesses and other large institutions, has named Kevin Luther the managing partner of its Rockford, Illinois, office, ...Read More | |||
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House Votes to Cap Claimants' Attorney Fees at $150 an Hour | 01/15/2018 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| 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. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Presumption Bill for Hanford Workers | 01/12/2018 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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. ...Read More | |||
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Hurricane Harvey Restrictions Lifted on Wednesday | 01/09/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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. ...Read More | |||
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Hanford Presumption Proposal Returns in 2018 | 01/08/2018 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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. ...Read More | |||
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High Court to Consider Classification of Newspaper Carriers | 01/05/2018 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Massachusetts' high court is set to decide whether newspaper carriers are employees or independent contractors, a decision that will determine their eligibility for workers' compensation benefits, ...Read More | |||
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Hospitality Manager Accused of Receiving $91,000 in Benefits While Working | 01/04/2018 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries said a former bar manager is facing one count of first-degree theft for receiving more than $91,000 in workers’ compensation benefits while holding down management jobs at four restaurants in Seattle. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Siding With IME Doctor Was Right Decision | 01/04/2018 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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. ...Read More | |||
