Workers' Compensation News
|
Judge Finds Unreasonable Delays, Possible Underground Rules in QME Denials | 02/07/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A judge in Southern California on Tuesday ruled that the Division of Workers’ Compensation appears to have relied on unenforceable underground regulations when it denied applications for reappointment from two qualified medical evaluators and unreasonably delayed hearings whe...Read More | |||
|
Judge Erred in Allowing Worker to Unilaterally Dismiss Complaint | 02/02/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a trial judge could not allow a worker to unilaterally dismiss the complaint she had filed to re-establish her entitlement to benefits. ...Read More | |||
|
Judge Declines to Dismiss Fraud Case Against Former Prison Guard | 01/25/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Massachusetts superior court judge has rejected a former prison guard’s attempt to dismiss charges that he collected $16,000 in workers’ compensation benefits while lying about the extent of his disability, ...Read More | |||
|
Joe Cafferelli Joins Alliant as EVP in Phoenix | 01/23/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alliant Insurance Services has hired Joe Cafferelli as executive vice president within its Alliant Americas Division. ...Read More | |||
|
Judge Who Spent Time as WCJ Disbarred Over Theft of Cocaine From Drug Court | 01/22/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Pennsylvania county-court judge who briefly served as a workers’ compensation judge in Alaska was disbarred on Thursday after being convicted of stealing cocaine from a drug-court evidence locker. ...Read More | |||
|
Judge Tosses Employer's Claims Against Carrier That Refused to Cover Accident | 01/22/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal trial judge ruled that an insurance carrier properly denied coverage for a worker’s out-of-state accident, since the policy had not extended coverage there. ...Read More | |||
|
Judge Tosses Carrier's Request for Declaratory Judgment on Potential Liability for Coverage | 01/22/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal trial court judge ruled that an insurance carrier was not entitled to a declaratory judgment on its potential liability for coverage to a truck driver if the driver’s coworker were to file a negligence claim. ...Read More | |||
|
Judge Denies Most Requests to Limit Discovery in EquityComp Lawsuit | 01/18/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal judge in California denied most requests from Applied Underwriters to limit the types of documents employers can obtain during discovery in a purported class action lawsuit over the EquityComp program. ...Read More | |||
|
Judge Finds Corruption Caused Suicide, Awards Death Benefits | 01/16/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission ordered the state Department of Marine Resources to pay death benefits to the widower of a former executive assistant to the department’s director, who committed suicide as a scandal unfolded that led to the conviction of her boss ...Read More | |||
|
Judge Rejects PTSD Claim From Nightclub First Responder | 01/15/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida workers’ compensation judge has ruled against providing benefits to an Orlando police officer who responded to the Pulse Nightclub shooting that killed 49 people. ...Read More | |||
