Workers' Compensation News
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Judge Can't Grant Motion to Compel Discovery Without Reviewing Withheld Materials | 08/29/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 187 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 13 min read | |||
| 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 | |||
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Judge Maintains Disagreement With Court on Appropriate 'Baseline' for Worker's Condition | 08/27/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 174 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 122 min read | |||
| 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 | |||
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Judge Allows Fraud Claim to Proceed Against PEO Wholesaler | 08/15/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1533 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 134 min read | |||
| 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 | |||
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Judge Wrongly Rejected Opinion of IME | 08/07/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 153 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 18 min read | |||
| 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 | |||
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Judge Delays Incarceration Dates for Drobot, Canedo | 08/06/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 690 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 32 min read | |||
| 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 | |||
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Judge Could Deny Asbestosis Claim Based on Opinion of Doctor Who Never Examined Worker | 08/01/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 185 | 0 | Popular with Employer | 32 min read | |||
| 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 | |||
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Judge Won't Close Hearing on Inmates' Entitlement to Comp | 07/30/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 852 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 34 min read | |||
| 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 | |||
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Judge's Fee Award Failed to Adequately Compensate Worker's Attorney | 07/20/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 288 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 42 min read | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court this week ruled that a workers’ compensation judge had improperly short-changed an attorney for his work establishing which employer was responsible for the payment of benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Sets Deadlines for Filings in Applied Underwriters Dispute | 07/12/2018 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 213 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 41 min read | |||
| A federal judge in Connecticut set deadlines for parties to submit various filings for a case in which an employer is accusing Applied Underwriters of making false or misleading statements relating to the EquityComp program. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Dismisses 6th Amendment Claim in Vanguard Case | 07/05/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1431 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 20 min read | |||
| A federal judge in Southern California dismissed a claim that the automatic stay on liens filed by criminally charged providers is unconstitutional and interferes with the ability of a provider to hire the best attorney he or she can afford. ...Read More | |||
