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	High Court: Siding With IME Doctor Was Right Decision		01/04/2018

	State: TN \| Segment: SOUTH \| 419 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 15 min read
	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


	Hockey Player Suing NHL for On-Ice Injuries		01/02/2018

	State: TN \| Segment: SOUTH \| 577 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal
	Eric Nystrom is suing the National Hockey League for medical coverage he says he needs as a result of a series of on-ice injuries suffered during his nine-year professional career, according to a ...Read More


	Hearing Scheduled on Bill to Eliminate Comp Exemption for Day Laborers		12/27/2017

	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 900 \| 0 \| Popular with Other \| 1 min read
	The Assembly Insurance Committee will hear testimony shortly after lawmakers return to the Capitol in January on a bill that would remove from mandatory coverage requirements an exemption for day laborers. ...Read More


	Horsemen's Association Eyeing Solutions to Rising Comp Costs		12/27/2017

	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 457 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal
	Rising workers’ compensation costs is the top issue facing thoroughbred horse owners in New York, according to the state Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association. ...Read More


	Hearing Officer Abused Discretion in Conflict-of-Interest Finding		12/26/2017
	By: Emily Brill (Reporter)
	State: OH \| Segment: Top \| 492 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance
	Ohio Industrial Commission hearing officers are free to reject the opinions of job-retraining specialists, but one officer went too far when he dismissed a specialist’s entire report without considering its merits because he thought she had a conflict of interest, the Ohio Supreme Court dec...Read More


	HEMIC's Financial Strength Rating of 'Excellent' Affirmed by A.M. Best		12/26/2017

	State: HI \| Segment: WEST \| 297 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance
	A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A, or excellent, and the issuer credit rating of “a” for Hawaii Employers’ Mutual Insurance Company Inc. In its rating rationale summary, A.M. Best rated HEMIC “strongest” for balance sheet, “stron...Read More


	Hiking E&M Reimbursements Would Have Raised System Costs by $11 Million		12/26/2017

	State: IL \| Segment: NORTH \| 504 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 4 min read
	A recently rejected proposal to increase by 30% the reimbursement rates for evaluation and management services would have raised system costs by nearly double the estimates provided by health care providers, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance. ...Read More


	High Court Clarifies Carrier's Obligation to Contribute to Worker's 3rd-Party Litigation Expenses		12/21/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 499 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal
	New York’s highest court ruled that an insurance carrier has to chip in for a worker’s litigation expenses in obtaining a third-party recovery he secured before receiving a schedule loss of use award. ...Read More


	High Court Frees Up Comp Attorneys to Make New Arguments After Administrative Level		12/18/2017
	By: Emily Brill (Reporter)
	State: TX \| Segment: Top \| 523 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 2 min read
	A Texas Supreme Court opinion delivered Friday leaves the door open for workers’ compensation attorneys to make arguments at the trial court level that they did not make before administrative law judges. ...Read More


	High Court Upholds Termination of Worker for Failing to Provide Medical Documentation		12/15/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NH \| Segment: NORTH \| 753 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal
	The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that a worker did not comply with his employer’s demand to provide medical documentation to a workers’ compensation carrier. ...Read More

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NY - Corrections Officer Accused of Working as a Bouncer While on Benefits

09/21/2018 | 23 | 0

A New York corrections officer has been charged with grand larceny and insurance fraud after investigators discovered that he was working as a bouncer in an Albany-area bar while collecting workers’ compensation benefits, the New York Inspector General’s Office said. Benjamin Essenter, 44, of Clifton Park, was arrested and arraigned in the Town of Colonie Justice Court, according to a press release. Essenter claimed he was injured while working as a corrections officer at Coxsackie Correctional Facility in the summer of 2016. He submitted medical examination reports stating... Read More

CA - Columnist: WCAB Move Fits Pattern of Rewarding Friends With Patronage

09/21/2018 | 21 | 0 | 1 min read

California Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to appoint a high school classmate to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board fits with a pattern of rewarding friends with political appointments since the start of his third term in 2011, according to columnist Dan Walters. Juan Pedro Gaffney Walters, a former columnist for the Sacramento Bee who joined the nonprofit CALmatters as a commentary writer in 2017, said that shortly after Brown took office in 2011, he rescinded an appointment his predecessor made to the state community college Board of Governors. Brown’s office exp... Read More

RI - Officials Aren't Itching to Close Courthouse Over Bedbug Sightings

09/21/2018 | 13 | 0

Despite calls from labor unions to shut down the courthouse because of bedbugs, court administrators have said it's not such a biting concern and plan to keep the building operating. Union officials and courthouse regulars have complained for weeks about the itch-causing insects on several floors of the Garrahy Judicial Complex in Providence and don't feel that the issue is being taken seriously, according to local TV news. "It's a serious situation, and I don't know that they're taking it to the level I think it should be taken," said Michael Dow... Read More

FL - FCBI Relocates Headquarters to Orlando

09/21/2018 | 41 | 0

Florida Citrus, Business & Industries Fund announced Thursday that it has moved its corporate headquarters from Alachua, Florida, to Orlando. FCBI, a group self-insurance fund, provides workers’ compensation insurance to more than 7,000 policyholders in Florida. The fund said its relocation has created more than two dozen jobs and it remains committed to growing its workforce in the coming years. The fund earlier this year moved all of its marketing and underwriting functions in-house. When the fund began its operations in in 1977 it focused entirely on providing covera... Read More

CA - Waste Hauler Fined $46K After Worker Fatality

09/21/2018 | 26 | 0

After Bay Area garbage hauler was run over by his own truck, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited his employer for failing to ensure that the truck’s safety restraint was in good working order, and for failing to ensure that that it wasn’t used by workers driving from the right side of the truck. Cal/OSHA said a GreenWaste Recovery worker was run over while collecting recyclables in San Jose on March 2. He was making a turn while operating the truck from the right hand side when he fell out of the vehicle. Cal/OSHA’s inspection determined that the... Read More

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