Workers' Compensation News
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Justices Define BWC Records Taft Can Protect
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07/26/2006
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State: OH | Segment: Courts | 0
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Ohio state Sen. Marc Dann's personal battle with Gov. Bob Taft for wider disclosure of Bureau of Workers' Compensation affairs took a new twist last week at the state Supreme Court, with justices defining what documents Taft could withhold under his executive privilege.
The court, on a 5-2...Read More
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Justices: Fraud Voids Retroactive Policy
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07/25/2006
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State: NV | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A workers' compensation insurer may avoid payment of a claim submitted under retroactive coverage procured by employer fraud, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled.
The justices in Star Insurance Co. v. William Neighbors, No. 42926 (7/20/06) considered whether a workers' compensation insur...Read More
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Justices Strike Down Wage Rulings
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07/21/2006
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State: OH | Segment: Courts | 0
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The Ohio Supreme Court this week reversed its precedent for average weekly wage recalculation, overturning two "special circumstances" rulings while imploring the Legislature to come up with a new method for fairly compensating people who are disabled and re-enter the workforce.
On a 5-2 v...Read More
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JCC's Authority Cited in Reversal
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07/14/2006
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State: FL | Segment: Courts | 0
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Florida's First District Court of Appeals reversed a JCC's finding of settlement where the claimant alleged a rejection of the agreement.In Jones vs. Miami-Dade Community College (1D05-1032, 07/13/2006) Betty Jones appealed an order of the judge of compensation claims (JCC) finding th...Read More
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Judges for Oklahoma WC Court Named
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07/14/2006
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State: OK | Segment: Courts | 0
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Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry named two new judges and reappointed two others to the Workers' Compensation Court.
Clarence Kent Eldridge succeeds Susan Conyers, who did not seek reappointment.
Eldridge, 57, has been an attorney since 1976 and is an Oklahoma City resident.
He gr...Read More
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Jopari Offers Solution for Medical EDI
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07/11/2006
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State: CA | Segment: Business | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Jopari Solutions Inc. on Monday announced new services for medical electronic data interchange (EDI) state reporting on behalf of claim payers using Jopari's medical bill and payment automation services.
The new services are available in workers' compensation jurisdictions implementing mand...Read More
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Judge Rules Against Interpreters
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07/10/2006
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State: CA | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The insurance industry has won another round in an ongoing legal battle over whether interpreting services are compensible during medical treatment visits.
In Alfonso Pineda v. Employers Direct Insurance Co., LBO 0353598, Workers' Compensation Judge Pamela Pulley ruled against Joyc...Read More
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Job Refusal on Doctor's Advice Doesn't Bar Compensation
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07/10/2006
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State: OH | Segment: Courts | 0
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A claimant's refusal of a job offer does not bar compensation for permanent and total disability when her physician has said she cannot perform sustained remunerative work, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled.
In State ex rel Kroger Co. v. Paysen, no. 2005-1582 (7/5/06), Anne Paysen ha...Read More
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Jury Clears Manufacturers in Welding-Rod Lawsuit
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06/28/2006
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State: OH | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An attorney for welding-rod manufacturers said Tuesday that his clients have won their first federal trial in a multidistrict ligitation involving thousands of welders who say that manganese fumes caused neurological damage.
The plantiffs, however, said that the case turned up industry doc...Read More
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Jackson Company Receives Safety Award
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06/22/2006
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State: TN | Segment: Safety | 0
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Tennessee Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner James Neeley announced Tennalum in Jackson has received the commissioner's "Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety."
The award honors Tennessee employers and employees who have achieved a required number of hours worked without experi...Read More
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