Workers' Compensation News
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Judge Orders Ex-Cop to Reimburse Department's Comp Carrier $76K | 10/21/2016 | |
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| After pleading guilty to filing a false police report, a former Pennsylvania police officer must reimburse $76,000 to her employer's workers' compensation carrier. ...Read More | |||
| Judge Appointed to Hear Second-Injury Fund Cases | 10/19/2016 | ||
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| New Jersey has appointed a new judge to hear Second Injury Fund cases. The state's chief judge of compensation, Russell Wojtenko, sent a memo this week announcing that ...Read More | |||
| JLT Re Hires John Speckman as EVP Focused on Workers' Comp | 10/17/2016 | ||
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| Reinsurance brokerage firm JLT Re has hired John Speckman as an executive vice president focused on developing workers' compensation programs. Speckman comes to JLT Re from Atlas General Insurance Services, where he was executive vice president of business development for about three ...Read More | |||
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Judge Erred in Denying Benefits for Psyche Claim Without Reviewing Exhibits in Evidence | 10/17/2016 | |
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| An Ohio appellate court overturned the denial of a worker's claim for benefits for a mental injury due to the failure of the trial judge to consider all the evidence in the record. ...Read More | |||
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Judge: Passing of Williams a 'Great' Loss for Workers' Comp Community | 10/13/2016 | |
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| Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Roger L. Williams died Tuesday following a lengthy battle with brain cancer, the commission said in a staff memorandum. ...Read More | |||
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Jennifer Collins Joins Cramer & Anderson as Partner | 10/10/2016 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Jennifer Collins, a workers’ comp claimants' attorney who founded Collins & Associates LLC in Danbury, has joined the law firm of Cramer & Anderson as a partner. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Promoted, Six Others Apply for Vacancy on Workers' Compensation Court | 10/10/2016 | |
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| Judge John R. Hoffert has been elected presiding judge of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court for a term that ends June 30, 2017. ...Read More | |||
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John Sabo to Manage Enterprise Systems Development at Tower MSA | 10/06/2016 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Tower MSA Partners has appointed John Sabo manager of enterprise systems development. ...Read More | |||
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Justice Dept.: Pain Management Clinic Owner's Nephew Was Part of Medicare Fraud Scheme | 09/30/2016 | |
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| Federal prosecutors indicted a New England pain management clinic owner's nephew for his role in a Medicare scam that involved directing workers in Egypt to falsify medical records. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Sets Trial Dates in Pacific Hospital Cases as More Settlements Come In | 09/29/2016 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
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| State Compensation Insurance Fund’s long-running civil cases alleging kickbacks for patient referrals to Pacific Hospital of Long Beach are winding to a close, with two more doctors agreeing to settlements and a federal judge setting trial dates. ...Read More | |||
