Workers' Compensation News
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Judge Denies Elder Drobot's Stay Request
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06/06/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A federal judge denied Michael D. Drobot’s request to stay proceedings in a civil fraud case until he is sentenced in December in a criminal case based on similar allegations of inflating fees for spinal hardware and paying kickbacks to doctors who performed fusions at his Southern California ...Read More
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Judge Dismisses 2 Defendants, but Lets Accident Suit Continue
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06/03/2014
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State: NJ | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Superior Court judge removed two defendants from a civil case involving an accidental shooting at a theme park, but he denied a motion to dismiss the case entirely, according to the New Jersey Herald newspaper in Newton.Removed as defendants were Michael Stabile, c...Read More
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Jindal Signs Bill Giving Comp Judges New Assessment Power
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06/03/2014
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State: LA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed a measure aimed to ensure that employers comply with the state’s mandatory workers’ compensation coverage law.Jindal on Saturday signed Senate Bill 198, introduced by Republican Sen. Neil Riser. The measure shifts some duties from the ex...Read More
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Josyln Manufacturing Workers Eligible for EEOICPA Benefits
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05/23/2014
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: IN | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The U.S. Department of Labor gave notice on Thursday that former employees of Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co. in Fort Wayne, Indiana, have been designated as a Special Exposure Cohort whose members are eligible for a presumption that their cancer was caused by working in the nuclear weapons indu...Read More
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Judge Erred in Reinstating Company to Defend against Comp Claim
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05/19/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: LA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Louisiana appellate court overturned a trial judge's ruling allowing the owners of a limited liability company to have the company reinstated in order to defend against a workers' compensation claim by an alleged former employee. Case: In re Reinstatem...Read More
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JPIA Drops Coverage for Water District
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05/07/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The board of directors for the Association of California Water Agencies Joint Powers Insurance Authority canceled the workers’ compensation and liability insurance policies for a water district that has been embroiled in controversy.The JPIA incurred $384,114 in losses for workers&...Read More
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Jaycees Not Vicariously Liable for Volunteer's Injuries from Hug
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05/07/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a Jaycees chapter could not be held vicariously liable for the conduct of a member which resulted in injuries to a fellow volunteer at an Oktoberfest event.Case: Parks v. Brinkman, No. 07-LA-464, 05/02/2014, published. ...Read More
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Jiu Jitsu Competitor Charged with Workers' Comp Fraud
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04/28/2014
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A garbage collector for the city of Fresno has been charged with five counts of insurance fraud after investigators learned he had participated in a jiu jitsu competition two days before he filed a workers' compensation claim. The Fresno County District Attorney's Office filed th...Read More
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Judge Prohibits Releasing Documents in Calderon Corruption Case
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04/24/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A judge issued a protective order prohibiting the release of financial and personal information, as well as documents revealing grand jury proceedings that are produced during discovery, in the federal corruption case against California state Sen. Ron Calderon.Federal prosecutors and att...Read More
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Jury Convicts Service Station Worker of Theft
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04/22/2014
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State: ME | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A jury on Friday convicted a Monticello, Maine, man of theft of more than $10,000 of workers’ compensation benefits, the state Attorney General’s Office reported.Stephen Tucker, 63, claimed that he could not work due to an injury in 2006 while working at ...Read More
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