Workers' Compensation News
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Judge Dismisses Most Claims in Lien Stay Challenge, Won't Hold DIR in Contempt
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05/02/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 1571 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 90 min read
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A federal judge dismissed most of the claims in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a California law requiring the Department of Industrial Relations to stay liens filed by, or on behalf of, criminally charged providers, but allowed plaintiffs the opportunity to file an amended complai...Read More
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Judge Must Decide Arbitrability of Disputes Under EquityComp Agreement
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04/10/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 196 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 8 min read
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The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that a trial judge should have decided whether the terms of an arbitration agreement between Applied Underwriters and a disgruntled EquityComp customer required that a dispute over allegedly unpaid costs be decided by an arbitrator.
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Jury Rejects Library Assistant's Retaliation Claim
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04/03/2018
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State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 335 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read
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A federal jury found no merit in claims made by a former library assistant that the city of Lowell retaliated against her for filing a workers’ compensation claim, according to ...Read More
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Judge Hands Younger Drobot 41-Month Sentence
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03/09/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 1916 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 45 min read
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Michael R. Drobot, the son of the former owner of Pacific Hospital of Long Beach, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for operating a drug dispensing program used to pay kickbacks to providers who referred patients to his father's hospital.
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Judge, Board Didn't Understand Causes of PTSD, Appellate Court Says
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03/01/2018
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State: OR | Segment: Top | 398 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 27 min read
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The Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday reversed the Workers' Compensation Board's denial of a 911 dispatcher's post-traumatic stress disorder claim, finding that the board had not reasonably interpreted the interplay between her psychiatrists' reports and the official ...Read More
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Judicial Salary Increase Bill Gets Subcommittee Nod
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02/12/2018
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 209 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 2 min read
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A Florida Senate subcommittee has recommended on a 10-0 vote that compensation judges’ salaries be raised by nearly 22% and their initial terms be expanded from four to six years.
Senate Bill 1412, sponsor...Read More
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Judge Finds Unreasonable Delays, Possible Underground Rules in QME Denials
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02/07/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 2132 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 61 min read
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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
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