Workers' Compensation News
|
Jury Convicts Businessman of Work Comp Fraud | 09/14/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A prominent Ohio businessman and former town official was convicted Wednesday of a reduced count of workers’ compensation fraud and won’t face prison time. ...Read More | |||
|
Judge Denies Drobot's Latest Request to Delay Incarceration | 09/13/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Michael D. Drobot was unable to persuade a judge to postpone his surrender date and will have to start serving his 63-month prison sentence Friday. ...Read More | |||
|
Judge Won't Allow Lien Claimants to Add Allegations to Lawsuit | 09/04/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal judge denied a motion to file a supplemental pleading by California claimants who are challenging the constitutionality of the mandatory stay on certain liens that raised new allegations about how the state is resolving disputes. ...Read More | |||
|
Judge Can't Grant Motion to Compel Discovery Without Reviewing Withheld Materials | 08/29/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a trial judge committed an abuse of discretion in granting an injured worker’s motion to compel discovery of allegedly privileged materials without first reviewing them himself. ...Read More | |||
|
Judge Maintains Disagreement With Court on Appropriate 'Baseline' for Worker's Condition | 08/27/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The presiding judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals is standing firm in his belief that an employer should not be allowed to suspend indemnity benefits if a worker has experienced an improvement but has not returned to his pre-injury condition. ...Read More | |||
|
Judge Allows Fraud Claim to Proceed Against PEO Wholesaler | 08/15/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal trial court judge is allowing a fraud action to proceed against a wholesaler of professional employer organization services for allegedly cheating members of its sales team out of their commissions. ...Read More | |||
|
Judge Wrongly Rejected Opinion of IME | 08/07/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Supreme Court of Tennessee’s Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that a trial judge erred in failing to credit the opinion of an independent medical examiner in determining the level of a worker’s permanent partial impairment. ...Read More | |||
|
Judge Delays Incarceration Dates for Drobot, Canedo | 08/06/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal judge postponed the date by which the former owner of Pacific Hospital of Long Beach and its chief financial owner will have to start serving their prison sentences for convictions related to a spinal surgery kickback scheme in Southern California. ...Read More | |||
|
Judge Could Deny Asbestosis Claim Based on Opinion of Doctor Who Never Examined Worker | 08/01/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a trial judge properly relied on the medical opinion of a doctor who had never examined a worker seeking benefits for asbestosis to deny the claim. ...Read More | |||
|
Judge Won't Close Hearing on Inmates' Entitlement to Comp | 07/30/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A workers’ compensation judge denied a bid by attorneys for Fresno County to close the public a hearing into whether inmates who were injured while assigned to a work detail are entitled to benefits, the Fr...Read More | |||
