Workers' Compensation News
| IMA Group Acquires Case Management Company | 08/11/2022 | ||
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| The IMA Group, a workers' compensation service company based in Tarrytown, New York, on Wednesday announced it has acquired Mollie Kallen Case Management. ...Read More | |||
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In-Person Walk-Throughs to Resume Sept. 6 | 08/10/2022 | |
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| In-person walk-throughs will resume Sept. 6 at most Division of Workers’ Compensation Offices throughout California. The exception is ...Read More | |||
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IMR Decisions on Pace for 4th Consecutive Decrease | 08/05/2022 | |
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| If the volume of independent medical review decision letters issued through the first half of 2022 holds for the rest of the year, determinations on disputed medical treatments in California’s workers’ compensation system would fall for a fourth consecutive year. ...Read More | |||
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IAIABC Announces 2022 NextGen Award Recipients | 07/28/2022 | |
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| The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions announced the recipients of its NextGen Award recognizing young professionals who are having a positive impact on their organizations and the workers’ compensation industry. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Can't Appeal Non-Final Order Suspending Benefits | 07/27/2022 | |
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| A New York appellate court dismissed a worker’s attempt to appeal a non-final decision allowing for the suspension of his benefits pending a resolution of an insurance carrier’s claim he had committed fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker's False Statements Not Willful | 07/19/2022 | |
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| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a determination that an injured worker did not willfully make false statements for the purpose of obtaining compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Incident Report on Worker's Fall Properly Excluded From Evidence as Hearsay | 06/29/2022 | |
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| A New York appellate court ruled that an incident report describing a construction worker’s fall was properly excluded from evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Can't Proceed With Retaliatory Discharge Claim in District Court | 06/27/2022 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals upheld the dismissal of an injured worker’s claim for retaliatory discharge. Case: He...Read More | |||
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Injured Workers, AG Spar Over Need for Court of Existing Claims | 06/16/2022 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Attorneys for a handful of injured workers and the Workers’ Compensation Court of Existing Claims made their pitch Wednesday for why the state Supreme Court should appoint a judge to continue serving after July 1. ...Read More | |||
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ICA Opens Registration for Claims Seminar | 06/07/2022 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Industrial Commission of Arizona opened registration for its 2021 claims seminar, which will be held in Scottsdale on Aug. 18-19. The...Read More | |||
