Workers' Compensation News
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Judge Orders Bureau to Change Group-Rating System
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11/20/2008
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Cuyahoga County judge has issued a restraining order against the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation in a lawsuit challenging the bureau’s system for setting group-rating premiums, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported Wednesday.Common Pleas Judge Richard McMonagle issued the ...Read More
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Joseph Harlan, an Attorney Active in WC Reform, Dead at 66
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11/18/2008
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: MD | Segment: EAST | 0
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Joseph B. Harlan, an attorney who played a key role in passage of Maryland's 1980s workers' compensation reforms, died Thursday of a brain tumor, the Baltimore Sun reported. He was 66.Harlan was also co-founder of the Maryland Workers' Compensation Educational Association, a ...Read More
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Jury Deadlocks In Chiropractor's Fraud Trial
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11/10/2008
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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 San Joaquin County judge on Friday declared a mistrial in one of the largest-ever medical billing fraud cases in Northern California after a jury deadlocked on the verdict, the Record newspaper in Stockton reported Saturday.Wilmer Origel, 48, of Modesto was tried on 11 felony counts of...Read More
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Jury Orders Carrier to Pay $4.2M for Failure to Cover Injury Claim
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11/10/2008
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
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A Nueces County, Texas jury handed down a $4.2 million verdict on Friday in favor of the San Luis Mexican Restaurant in Corpus Christi, attorney Bob Hilliard announced.The jury found that Illinois-based Evanston Insurance Co. was grossly negligent in its failure to insure the restaurant ...Read More
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Janitor and Oil-Rig Worker to Serve Time on Fraud Charges
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11/07/2008
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0
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Two Ventura County, Calif., men were sentenced to jail and prison this week on charges of workers' compensation fraud and also ordered to pay restitution, the Ventura County District Attorney's Office announced. Jose Arellano Vasquez, 56, of Oxnard, was sentenced to 180 days in j...Read More
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Jennings Joins Gitter and Associates
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10/22/2008
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer
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David Jennings, a specialist with 14 years of experience in workers' compensation claims management, recently joined Gitter and Associates, a Southern California consulting firm, as an independent contractor. Jennings has managed workers' compensation programs for various carriers and th...Read More
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Jerry Oshkinsky Joins Gilbert Randolph's L.A. Office
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10/21/2008
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0
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Insurance attorney Jerry Oshkinsky has joined the Los Angeles office of the Gilbert Randolph law firm, headquarted in Washington D.C., the law firm announced Monday.Oshkinsky brings more than 40 years of legal experience to the firm, "along with an unmatched understanding of United State...Read More
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James K. Schweitzer Hired as Senior V.P., COO of NICB
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10/16/2008
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State: NA | Segment: People | 0
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James K. Schweitzer has been appointed to the position of senior vice president and chief operating officer of the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), the bureau announced Wednesday.As former director of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, Schweitzer oversaw 1,500 employe...Read More
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James Walsh Appointed Vice President of Claims at PMAMC
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10/15/2008
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State: NA | Segment: Business | 0
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James Walsh was appointed vice president of claims for third-party administrator PMA Management Corp. (PMAMC), the company announced Tuesday.Walsh will be responsible for leading PMAMC’s growing claims operation, which currently handles more than 18,000 open claims and operates thr...Read More
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Judge Enters Split Decision in Blue Cross Lawsuit
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10/09/2008
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State: MI | Segment: Top | 0
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Both Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and state Attorney General Michael Cox hailed a split decision in a circuit court ruling in a dispute over a Blue Cross subsidiary’s purchase of CompWest Insurance Co.Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Paula Manderfield ruled Oct. 6 in favor o...Read More
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