Workers' Compensation News
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Judge Recommends Early Release for Ron Calderon | 08/15/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Former California state senator Ron Calderon could be walking out of federal prison next year thanks to a 2007 law intended to reduce recidivism. ...Read More | |||
| JML Law Appoints Managing Attorney in San Francisco | 08/10/2017 | ||
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| JML Law announced Wednesday that it has hired Mythily Sivarajah as managing attorney of its San Francisco office. ...Read More | |||
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Judge's Delay in Issuing Decision Results in Worker's Loss of Appeal | 08/10/2017 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals this week determined that a trial judge’s delay in issuing a decision on review of a State Board of Workers’ Compensation decision deprived him of jurisdiction to reverse the ruling. ...Read More | |||
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Jail Clerk Charged With Workers' Compensation Fraud | 08/03/2017 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Alma woman has been charged with felony insurance fraud and a misdemeanor count of false swearing after allegedly fabricating a work-related injury. ...Read More | |||
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Judge In NFL Painkiller Suit: Misrepresentation Claim Not Enough To Sidestep Exclusive Remedy | 07/31/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| A federal judge in California who threw out a lawsuit by ex-NFL players alleging league-wide overuse of painkillers said the players would have had to prove that the league intentionally concealed knowledge of their injuries to escape the workers' compensation law's exclusive re...Read More | |||
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Jury Need Not Accept Alleged Date of Injury to Find Injury Was Compensable | 07/26/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a jury was properly instructed that it could find a worker’s back injury to be compensable without finding that the injury had occurred on the specific date he alleged. ...Read More | |||
| Jopari Urges Adoption of Electronic Attachment Standard | 07/25/2017 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Jopari Solutions, along with representatives from industry organizations, technology vendors, payers and providers, urged the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services this month to establish standards for electronic claims attachments. Jopari made a presentation to CMS’ Division o...Read More | |||
| Judge Dismisses NFL Painkiller Lawsuit Claims On Exclusive Remedy Grounds | 07/25/2017 | ||
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| A federal judge has dismissed on exclusive remedy grounds the remaining claims in a lawsuit accusing the National Football League of excessively dispensing pain medications, the Washington Post reports. U.S. District Judge William Alsup dismissed almost all of the claims connected wi...Read More | |||
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Judges Can't Assess Credibility in Determining if Worker is Covered by Comp Act | 07/20/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled that an administrative law judge may not assess the credibility of a worker’s evidence in determining whether the worker has made a sufficient showing of a potentially compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Committed Reversible Error by Failing to Give General Verdict Form to Jury | 07/19/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court overturned a verdict finding a worker’s knee conditions to be compensable, saying the trial judge committed reversible error by entering judgement based solely on the jury interrogatories. ...Read More | |||
