Workers' Compensation News
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Judge Freezes NECC Assets in Meningitis Lawsuits
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11/26/2012
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State: MA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefThe federal judge presiding over lawsuits filed by two victims of the fungal meningitis outbreak linked to the New England Compounding Center (NECC) froze $5 million of the company'...Read More
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Judge Bars Workers' Comp Agency from Closing Flint Hearing Site
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11/21/2012
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: MI | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A county judge has blocked a plan by the Michigan Administrative Hearing System to close the Workers' Compensation Agency office in Flint and hear cases 65 miles away in Dimondale, the MLive.com online news service reported on Tuesday.Genesee County Circuit Judge Geoffrey L. Neitherc...Read More
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Judge Approves RICO Class-Action Settlement against Wal-Mart
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11/15/2012
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A federal judge in Colorado on Tuesday signed off on a settlement between Wal-Mart and 13,521 current and former employees, resolving claims that the retail giant violated federal racketeering laws by conspiring with insurers and its medical contractor to deny them workers' compensation ben...Read More
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Jury Instructions Do Not Have to Identify Each Alleged Condition
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11/09/2012
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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When an injured worker claims two conditions resulting from the same industrial injury, jury instructions do not have to identify each condition and can simply ask whether an appeals board decision is correct and does not prejudice the claimant, a Washington state appellate court ruled.C...Read More
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Joint MLAC Meeting to Discuss Provider Treatment Authorities
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11/09/2012
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A joint meeting of Oregon’s Management-Labor Advisory Committee and an Access to Medical Treatment Subcommittee will review recommendations for changing the provider treatment authorities in the state.Currently, a nurse practitioner is authorized to provide medical services for 90 ...Read More
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Judge Orders Hearing in Flint Despite State Plans to Close Office
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11/07/2012
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State: MI | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Genesee County court has ordered that a workers' compensation case filed in the county be heard in Flint, despite the Michigan Administrative Hearing System's plan to close the Flint Workers’ Compensation Agency office on Dec. 7.Flint attorney Robert MacDonald, of the Mac...Read More
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Jury Awards $2 Million in Damages for Scaffolding Collapse
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11/05/2012
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An Onondaga County jury awarded one of six construction workers injured in the June 2, 2010, collapse of a scaffold at a dormitory project at Binghamton University more than $2 million in damages last month, the Syracuse Press and Sun-Bulletin reported.The newspaper said David Stauber, 4...Read More
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Jacksonville Works to Boost Reserves for Claims
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09/20/2012
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Jacksonville may be able to cover costs for projected workers' compensation claims for emergency personnel and continued funding of a jail and its drug-treatment program in 2013, the Florida Times-Union reported on Tuesday. The Jacksonville Council's Finance Committee on Tuesday ...Read More
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Jacksonville Reserves for Claims May Limit Jail Funding
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09/19/2012
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Providing reserves for workers' compensation claims for Jacksonville, Fla., emergency personnel this year may complicate plans of the sheriff to continue funding for a jail with a widely praised drug-treatment program in 2013, the Florida-Times Union reported on Tuesday.The Jacksonvi...Read More
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