Workers' Compensation News
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House Approves Bill Exempting Employers from Paying for Marijuana | 02/23/2015 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Arizona employers would not be required to buy medical marijuana for injured workers under a bill passed by the House of Representatives last week. ...Read More | |||
| Hotel Co-Owner Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison for Hiring Undocumented Workers | 02/19/2015 | ||
| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The co-owner of two hotels in Kansas and Missouri will serve 21 months in federal prison for hiring illegal aliens to lower operating costs by failing to collect payroll taxes and pay for workers' compensation coverage, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Kansas City, Kansas, announced. ...Read More | |||
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House Approves Bill to Limit Commercial Compounding Operations | 02/17/2015 | |
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House Passes Bill for Stricter Standards of Proof of Deliberate Intent | 02/11/2015 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would make it more difficult for an injured worker to establish that an employer acted with “deliberate intent” to cause injury passed the West Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday, despite forceful and sometimes emotional objections from 10 Democrats and one Republican....Read More | |||
| High Court Clarifies Standard of Review for PTD Awards | 02/11/2015 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Utah Supreme Court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to a municipal employee for the aggravation of his congenital spine condition. Case: Provo City v. Utah Labor Commission, No. 20120724, 02/06/2015, published. Facts: Duane Serrano, an employee of Provo C...Read More | |||
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Health Care Chain Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud, Repays $6.5 Million to Texas Mutual | 02/11/2015 | |
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| Source: Texas Mutual Insurance Co. | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A health care management chain has pleaded guilty to felony workers’ compensation fraud and has repaid $6.5 million to Texas Mutual Insurance Co., the insurer announced Tuesday in a release. ...Read More | |||
| Hearsay Rule Barred Admission of Doctor's Opinion as to Causation for Worker's Shoulder Condition | 02/06/2015 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that an injured worker could not introduce her doctor's sworn statement as to the cause of her shoulder problems after the doctor's death because the statement was hearsay. Case: Cranford v. Buehrer, No. 26266, 01/23/2015, published. Facts: To...Read More | |||
| Hardison & Cochran Elevates 2 Comp Attorneys to Partner | 02/05/2015 | ||
| Source: PRWeb | |||
| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Raleigh, North Carolina, firm of Hardison & Cochran has elevated three attorneys to partner, including a pair of workers’ compensation attorneys, according to a release published by PRWeb. The firm bestowed partnership on J. Adam Bridwell, Joel Jackson Hardison and J. Blair ...Read More | |||
| High Court Upholds Award to Worker for Hearing Loss Outside of Ratings by AMA Guides | 02/03/2015 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tennessee Supreme Court upheld an award of vocational disability to a worker for his high-frequency hearing loss, despite the absence of an impairment rating for his condition under the 6th Edition of the American Medical Association's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment....Read More | |||
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Highway Patrol Officer Sentenced for Fraud | 01/30/2015 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
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