Workers' Compensation News
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J.D. Powers, RIMS to Survey Risk Manager Satisfaction with Insurers
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04/18/2014
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J.D. Powers and the Risk and Insurance Management Society will measure the satisfaction of risk managers with their large business commercial insurers and brokers in a survey to be published in November.The survey will also identify industry trends and issues in the ...Read More
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Judge Denies Stay in Drobot Civil Case
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04/04/2014
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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 a request by attorneys for Michael R. Drobot to stay proceedings in the civil racketeering complaint filed by the California State Compensation Insurance Fund and at the same time granted the carrier’s request for more time to amend its complaint to name additional defen...Read More
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JPIA Threatens to Drop Coverage for Water District
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03/24/2014
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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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The Association of California Water Agencies Joint Powers Insurance Authority is threatening to cancel the Central Basin Municipal Water District's policy, citing concerns about the number of claims filed against the district as well as recent news coverage portraying it in a less-than-favorable...Read More
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JCC Erred in Reforming Parties' Settlement to Eliminate Attorney Fee
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03/03/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Other
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The 1st District Court of Appeal said a judge of compensation claims exceeded his authority by changing a settlement agreement submitted by the parties to redirect the money that the parties had designated as the fee for the claimant's attorney to the claimant herself....Read More
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Judiciary Committee Passes Amended Fraud Bill
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02/19/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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The Judiciary Committee of the Colorado Senate passed a bill that would criminalize workers' compensation fraud after the author amended the measure to downgrade employer fraud from a felony to a misdemeanor.Employees who file false claims and producers who create false certificates ...Read More
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Judge Denies Drobots' Motions in Fraud Case
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01/30/2014
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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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Andrew J. Guilford, a U.S. district judge for Central California, denied motions filed by attorneys for Michael D. Drobot and his son seeking to sever into two cases a fraud complaint filed by State Compensation Insurance Fund, certify an issue for interlocutory appeal and stay further proceedings u...Read More
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Justice Department Intervenes in HMA Lawsuits
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01/16/2014
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The U.S. Justice Department announced Monday it has intervened in a series of lawsuits alleging Health Management Associates paid bonuses and used pressure to influence doctors in emergency rooms at HMA hospitals to boost inpatient admission rates.HMA operates 71 hospitals in Alabama, Ar...Read More
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Judge Issues Preliminary Denial of NFL Concussion Settlement
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01/15/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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A federal trial judge in Philadelphia has refused to sign off on the $765-million settlement that the National Football League had reached with some 4,500 former players for brain injuries they allegedly suffered during their careers."I am primarily concerned that no...Read More
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Judge Allows Firefighters' RICO Claims against TPA to Proceed
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12/20/2013
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A federal judge allowed a group of nine firefighters' racketeering claims against York Risk Services to proceed on Thursday, when he denied the third-party administrator's motion to dismiss the case. Judge John W. Sedwick of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona dec...Read More
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