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	Judge Refuses to Stay CDI Administrative Order in EquityComp Dispute		11/29/2016
	State: CA | Segment: WEST | 675 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read
	A Los Angeles judge denied a request from Applied Underwriters to stay enforcement of a California Insurance Department administrative order finding the company’s EquityComp program used unfiled policy documents in violation of state law. ...Read More

	Judge Rules Rate Hike Invalid Because of Sunshine Law Violations		11/23/2016
	State: FL | Segment: Top | 620 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read
	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

	Judge Clears Bevin's Reorganization of WC Nominating Commission		11/23/2016
	State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 365 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 174 min read
	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

	Judge Can Compel Special Disability Fund to Approve Worker's 3rd-Party Settlement		11/28/2016
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY | Segment: Courts | 270 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 24 min read
	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

	Judge Grants SCIF Request to Dismisses Charges Against Drobots		11/16/2016
	State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1219 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read
	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

	Judge Allows Proposed Class Action for Underpayment to Proceed Against Liberty Mutual		11/09/2016
	By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
	State: DE | Segment: Top | 430 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 10 min read
	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

	JCC Castiello Fails to Secure Nomination for Reappointment		11/03/2016
	By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
	State: FL | Segment: Top | 482 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 99 min read
	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

	Jones Pleads for Carriers to Heed 5.6% Cut in Advisory Rate		10/28/2016
	By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
	State: CA | Segment: Top | 1073 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 12 min read
	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

	John Tindall Appointed to Workers' Comp Advisory Council		10/28/2016
	State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 358 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 80 min read
	John Tindall Wisconsin's labor secr...Read More

	Judge Says Exclusive Remedy Doesn't Shield Employer From Retaliatory Discharge Claim		10/24/2016
	By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
	State: OK | Segment: Top | 390 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read
	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