Workers' Compensation News
| Judge Rules Rate Hike Invalid Because of Sunshine Law Violations | 11/23/2016 | ||
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| A Florida judge ruled today that a 14.5% rate hike approved by the Office of Insurance Regulation is null and void because the OIR and the National Council on Compensation Insurance violated the Sunshine Law by holding secret meetings. Leon County Circuit Court Judge Karen Gievers ...Read More | |||
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Judge Clears Bevin's Reorganization of WC Nominating Commission | 11/23/2016 | |
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| A Kentucky judge has ruled that Gov. Matt Bevin has authority to reorganize the Workers' Compensation Nominating Commission, allowing the Republican governor to dismiss seven members appointed by his Democratic predecessor and start anew with his own appointees. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Can Compel Special Disability Fund to Approve Worker's 3rd-Party Settlement | 11/28/2016 | |
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| New York's highest court ruled that a trial judge can compel the state Special Disability Fund to retroactively grant approval for a worker's settlement with a third-party tortfeasor. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Grants SCIF Request to Dismisses Charges Against Drobots | 11/16/2016 | |
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| A federal judge dismissed Michael D. Drobot and his son as defendants in a civil case filed by State Compensation Insurance Fund, pursuant to a settlement reported last month. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Allows Proposed Class Action for Underpayment to Proceed Against Liberty Mutual | 11/09/2016 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
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| A Delaware Superior Court judge last week ruled that a group of health care providers who provided treatment to injured workers can move forward with their claims that they were short-changed by Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. ...Read More | |||
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JCC Castiello Fails to Secure Nomination for Reappointment | 11/03/2016 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
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| A veteran Miami judge has failed to secure the backing of the statewide judicial nominating commission for judges of compensation claims for another four-year term. ...Read More | |||
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Jones Pleads for Carriers to Heed 5.6% Cut in Advisory Rate | 10/28/2016 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
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| Workers’ compensation is more expensive in California than anywhere else in the country, and the state’s insurance commissioner is asking carriers to do their part in easing that burden. ...Read More | |||
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John Tindall Appointed to Workers' Comp Advisory Council | 10/28/2016 | |
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| John Tindall Wisconsin's labor secr...Read More | |||
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Judge Says Exclusive Remedy Doesn't Shield Employer From Retaliatory Discharge Claim | 10/24/2016 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Oklahoma District Court judge last week ruled that the state's Administrative Workers' Compensation Act did not shield an uninsured employer from potential civil liability for a worker's retaliatory discharge claim. ...Read More | |||
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Judicial Nominating Commission To Consider 9 Reappointments, 12 Applicants Nov. 1 | 10/21/2016 | |
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| Florida's Statewide Judicial Nominating Commission will meet Nov. 1 in Orlando to interview nine workers' compensation judges for reappointment, and 12 attorneys for a spot on the bench next year when three judges retire. ...Read More | |||
