Workers' Compensation News
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Judge Expected to Issue $854 Million in Restitution Hearing
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03/13/2013
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Cuyahoga County judge will decide how much restitution the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation must pay to thousands of employer plaintiffs in a class action suit on Thursday. Judge Richard McMonagle will issue a long-awaited ruling in the case of San Allen, et al. v. BWC on Thurs...Read More
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Jury Convicts Ambulance Owner of $1.7 Million in Fraud
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03/08/2013
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A federal jury convicted the owner of a Houston ambulance company on multiple counts of Medicare fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.Olusola Elliott, 44, of Fort Bend County, Texas, was convicted by a federal jury of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and six...Read More
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Judge Cannot Offset One Party's Costs from other Party
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03/07/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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If both parties in a dispute prevail on claims entitling each of them to recover costs, a judge cannot offset the amount payable to one party against the amount payable to the other and issue only one award of prevailing party costs. Case: Valera v. Florida Keys...Read More
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Judge to Set BWC Restitution after March 14 Hearing
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03/05/2013
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A state court will decide how much the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation owes businesses for premium overcharges during a March 14 hearing. The Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court will finalize restitution amounts for 270,000 businesses during an upcoming hearing, according to an a...Read More
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Jury Convicts Man of Stealing $14,000 in Benefits
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02/27/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Helena jury convicted a 34-year-old man on two felony counts of stealing more than $14,000 in workers’ compensation benefits by not reporting he had started a business while collecting temporary total disability, the Montana Attorney General’s Office announced.Perry Joseph ...Read More
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Janitorial Firm Owner Sentenced to 1 Year in Jail, $2M Restitution
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02/22/2013
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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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The owner of a San Francisco Bay Area pest and janitorial services company was sentenced this week to a year in jail and ordered to pay $2 million in restitution after being convicted of underreporting payroll to avoid paying workers' compensation premiums, the Daily Journal newspaper reported T...Read More
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Job Duties Aggravated Rheumatoid Arthritis, Court Concludes
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02/21/2013
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State: TN | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Medical testimony helped a bookkeeper prove that her four months of working for a real estate management company aggravated her rheumatoid arthritis, a Tennessee appellate court ruled.Case: Vawter v. Volunteer Management Development, No. W2012-00471-SC-WCM-WC, 2/13/13, published....Read More
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Judge Refuses to Issue Advisory Opinion on Liability MSA
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02/14/2013
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A federal judge refused to tell two litigants whether their settlement needed a Medicare set-aside case because it would amount to an unconstitutional advisory opinion, in a liability suit that reiterated the need for federal clarification on Medicare reimbursements.When attorneys for pl...Read More
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Judges Explain How SB 863, Regs Work
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02/07/2013
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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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Workers' compensation judges from the Oakland, San Francisco and Stockton boards will present a Minimum Continuing Legal Education program on Feb. 23 in Oakland about the Senate Bill 863 reforms, the emergency regulations and trial tips.Judge Lilla Rados (Oakland), Judge Colleen Case...Read More
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