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Judge Denies BP's Request for Summary Judgment on Comp Remedy in Chemical Release 01/09/2015
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A U.S. district court judge in Texas denied a motion by BP Products North America for partial summary judgment in a case stemming from an alleged chemical release over a number of days at a Texas City BP refinery in November 2011. Judge Keith Ellison said in his decision that BP had faile...Read More
 
 
Judge Dismisses Fraud Charges against Claimant, Finding no Criminal Intent 12/19/2014
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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
 
 

Judge Says Branstad Attorney Can Stay on Lawsuit Filed by Former Commissioner 12/15/2014
Source: Associated Press (KTVO)
State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Jobsite Knife Injury Led to a Career in Comp 12/12/2014
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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
 
 
Joint Insurance Fund Sues Conrail over First Responder Claims from 2012 Derailment 12/11/2014
Source: The Courier-Post
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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
 
 

JLT Re North America Hires New Senior VP to Grow Business 12/11/2014
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Judge Dismisses Calderon Claims that Feds Leaked Affidavit in Smear Campaign 12/01/2014
Source: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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
 
 
Jazz Hall of Fame Owes More than $11,000 in Unpaid Comp Premiums 11/26/2014
Source: Tulsa World
State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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
 
 

Jones Approves 2.2% Increase in Pure Premium Rate 11/17/2014
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Commissioner Dave Jo...Read More
 
 
Judge Puts Yee Corruption Trial on Fast Track 11/14/2014
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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