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Workers' Compensation News

 
Ky. Chamber of Commerce Offering Workers' Comp Seminar 07/03/2008
State: KY | Segment: Safety | 0
The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce will hold its 18th annual Workers' Compensation Seminar at the Hyatt Regency in Lexington on Sept. 23.The seminar offers practical tips and interactive discussions of real case studies. Participants will learn how to better determine what is a work-re...Read More
 
 
Keenan Negotiated $13.5M Savings for School Risk Pools 07/02/2008
State: CA | Segment: Business | 0
Keenan & Associates announced Tuesday that it negotiated a $13.5 million savings on renewals of the Schools Association For Excess Risk (SAFER) and Protected Insurance Program for Schools and Colleges (PIPS) pools for the 2008-09 fiscal year.Depending on the lines of coverage each di...Read More
 
 
King Appointed State Fund Manager in New Department 06/26/2008
State: CA | Segment: Business | 0
State Compensation Insurance Fund has named Elise King manager of its new Business Services Operations Department, where she will supervise State Fund’s records, forms, fleet management, printing, employee travel and mail services.King has been with State Fund since 1984 when she j...Read More
 
 
Ky. Courts Deny Benefits to Woman Who Claimed Accident Injuries 06/24/2008
State: KY | Segment: Courts | 0
The Kentucky Court of Appeals affirmed a judge's decision to deny benefits to a claimant who attributed a plethora of injuries to a work van that struck her at approximately 3 mph. The Court of Appeals determined that an administrative law judge did not err in the unpublished decisio...Read More
 
 
Kan. Court Grants Exception to Going-and-Coming Rule 06/24/2008
State: KS | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Kansas Court of Appeals examined the going-and-coming rule and awarded death benefits to the estate of a foreman who died while on his way to pick up his "lead man."The appellate court affirmed a Workers' Compensation Board's decision granting benefits to the estate of Kennet...Read More
 
 
Ky. High Court Affirms Decision Refusing to Find Employer Liable for Fees 06/23/2008
State: KY | Segment: Courts | 0
An administrative law judge did not err by awarding the claimant's attorney a fee in a case and refusing to impose the fee upon the employer in a dispute over medical costs, according to the Kentucky Supreme Court.The high court affirmed the judge's decision to impose the attorne...Read More
 
 
Kanjorski Calls Insurance Regulatory Meeting 06/06/2008
State: NA | Segment: Politics | 0
President George Bush's blueprint for revamping the nation's financial regulatory system -- triggered by crises in the bond insurance and subprime mortgage markets -- includes a call for creating an Office of Insurance within the U.S. Treasury Department,The proposal is opposed b...Read More
 
 
Key Figure in Castleton Collapse Pleads to Tax Conspiracy 06/04/2008
State: NC | Segment: Fraud | 0 | Popular with Legal
James O. McLamb Jr., the former chief financial officers of North Carolina professional employer organization (PEO) Castleton Group, has pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service in federal court in Raleigh.Castleton shut its doors and filed b...Read More
 
 
Kentuckian Draws Probation for Collecting Dead Dad's Benefits 06/03/2008
State: KY | Segment: Fraud | 0
A Nicholasville, Ky., man has been sentenced to five years in prison for cashing more than $7,000 in workers' compensation benefits paid his father for 11 years after his father died, the Kentucky Office of Insurance (KOI) said.John S. Webb, 44, was sentenced to five years to run con...Read More
 
 
Ky. High Court Affirms Compensability, Despite Causation Question 05/27/2008
State: KY | Segment: Courts | 0
A claimant is entitled to compensation after suffering injuries during a fall, despite the parties' inability to prove exactly why she fell, according to a ruling by the Kentucky Supreme Court.The state's high court examined the legal question of whether an administrative law jud...Read More
 
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