Workers' Compensation News
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Jahn Named Executive Director of Policy Institute
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06/13/2012
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Board members of the Workers' Compensation Policy Institute elected Paul Jahn, the former claims manager for Public Employer Risk Management Association (PERMA), to become the permanent executive director of the institute.Jahn, who joined PERMA in 1993, was named chief research offic...Read More
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Judge Clarifies AWW Calculation for Seasonal Farm Worker
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06/06/2012
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Montana's Workers' Compensation Court on Monday clarified the standard by which a seasonal farm worker with a long history of working for the same employer should have his average weekly wage calculated.Case: Gundermann v. Montana State Fund, No. 2011-2729, 0...Read More
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Judge who Did Not Preside over Hearings Could Not Rule on Claim
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06/05/2012
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A New York appellate panel ruled that an award of benefits issued by a workers' compensation judge who, without explanation, adjudicated a claim which had been presented to a different hearing officer, may not stand. Case: In the Matter of the Claim of Prat...Read More
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Judge Levy Explains New Lien Rules at LAX Seminar
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06/04/2012
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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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Paige Levy, presiding judge for the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board district office in Marina del Rey, will present a half-day program on June 16 in West Los Angeles about the changes to the lien rules, WorkCompCentral Education announced on Friday."What's New About Lien Case...Read More
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Justice Slaps High Court for Inconsistent Scaffold Law Findings
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06/01/2012
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A New York appellate panel ruled that a janitor's fall from a ladder while dusting high shelves is not protected by the state's scaffold law, but one of the three justices who concurred in that decision said he was doing so only because of an inconsistent finding from the state's high co...Read More
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Jones' Rate Hike Order Ups Ante in Reform Effort
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05/31/2012
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefIn approving a mid-year adjustment to advisory pure premium rates, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones sent a clear message that current market trends are not sustainable and th...Read More
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Jones Approves 8% Hike in Pure Premium
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05/30/2012
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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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California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Tuesday approved an advisory pure premium of $2.49 per $100 of payroll, effective July 1.The new advisory rate is 8.26% higher than the $2.30 rate that took effect Jan. 1. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau recommended ...Read More
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Jay Martin Joins Manatt Phelps & Phillips Law Firm
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05/30/2012
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips announced Tuesday that Jay B. Martin has joined the firm’s Albany office as a partner in the Insurance regulatory practice. Martin comes to Manatt from Dewey & LeBoeuf.Martin has more than 30 years of experience representing insurance companies, pr...Read More
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Jury Awards Disabled Applicant 520K for ADA Violation
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05/29/2012
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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 jury awarded a former city of San Diego employee $520,000, because the city refused to accommodate a disability caused by an on-the-job injury, the Union-Tribune newspaper reported on Friday.The jury found in favor of former mechanical inspector David Flores, 61, on Tuesday after a fiv...Read More
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Judge Rejects Rehabilitation Plan for Frontier
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05/29/2012
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A New York Supreme Court justice in Albany, N.Y., has rejected a plan by the state Liquidation Bureau to rehabilitate Frontier Insurance Co. because of the priority assigned to surety claims.Frontier Insurance wrote commercial auto, workers' compensation, homeowners, general liabilit...Read More
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