Workers' Compensation News
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Judge Dismisses Fraud Charges against Claimant, Finding no Criminal Intent
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12/19/2014
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Broome County, New York, judge dismissed an indictment against an Endicott claimant accused of workers' compensation fraud, according to a report by the Press & Sun-Bulletin.
The newspaper said after hearing several days of testimony, Judge Martin E. Smith concluded that 45-year...Read More
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Jobsite Knife Injury Led to a Career in Comp
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12/12/2014
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Editor's note: Three WorkCompCentral reporters devoted at least one week each in the past several months to tell the story behind the story about the dysfunction of California's workers' compensation system. This is the fifth of six stories in our special report, which was distrib...Read More
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Joint Insurance Fund Sues Conrail over First Responder Claims from 2012 Derailment
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12/11/2014
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Source: The Courier-Post
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State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A municipal joint insurance fund has filed suit against rail operator Conrail, the owner of a freight train that derailed and released a toxic chemical in Paulsboro, New Jersey, in 2012, according to The Courier-Post.
Trico-JIF alleges in the suit that because of the release of vinyl chlo...Read More
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Judge Dismisses Calderon Claims that Feds Leaked Affidavit in Smear Campaign
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12/01/2014
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Source: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A federal judge in Sacramento dismissed a complaint filed by former California state Sen. Ronald Calderon seeking an order to show cause for why the U.S. Attorney's Office or FBI should not be held in contempt for allegedly leaking a sealed affidavit to a news agency last year.
Calder...Read More
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Jazz Hall of Fame Owes More than $11,000 in Unpaid Comp Premiums
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11/26/2014
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Source: Tulsa World
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State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame owes State Farm Insurance more than $11,000 in past-due workers’ compensation premiums, according to the Tulsa World.
Rick White, an attorney for State Farm, said he has recommended that the insurer seize assets from the nonprofit hall of fame located ...Read More
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Judge Puts Yee Corruption Trial on Fast Track
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11/14/2014
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A judge for the U.S. District Court in Northern California set a timetable for a trial to start early next year focusing solely on political corruption charges against former state Sen. Leland Yee, the San Jose Mercury News reports.
The San Francisco Democrat termed out of office th...Read More
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