Workers' Compensation News
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Lawmakers Get Head Start to Remedy Unconstitutional Attorney Fees | 12/07/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| If Florida lawmakers pass new legislation to limit claimants’ attorney fees, those same limits should apply to defense counsel, an injured worker advocate who sits on a pro-business task force says. ...Read More | |||
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Large-Deductible Requirements Might Soon Take Effect | 12/06/2016 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Illinois may soon begin requiring collateral for large-deductible workers’ compensation insurance policies, pending committee approval of a proposed rule this month. ...Read More | |||
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Liberty Mutual to Acquire Ironshore Inc. | 12/06/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Liberty Mutual Insurance has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ironshore Inc., a global specialty lines company, from Fosun International Ltd. ...Read More | |||
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L&I: Stay-at-Work Program Places More Than 20,000 Workers in Light-Duty Positions | 12/01/2016 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries said more than 20,000 people were placed in light-duty jobs while recovering from workplace injuries thanks to its program that reimburses employers costs associated with creating accommodating jobs. ...Read More | |||
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LRA Self-Insurance Fund Announces $2.8M Dividend | 11/29/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Louisiana Restaurant Association's self-insurance fund has declared a dividend of $2.8 million for plan participants from certain years, the trade group announced this month. ...Read More | |||
| Laura M. Brooke Joins Pearson Koutcher, Expanding Practice to N.J. | 11/21/2016 | ||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Laura M. Brooke has joined Pearson Koutcher Law as a claimants' attorney who will expand the Pennsylvania-based practice to New Jersey. Brooke will continue to represent claimants in the Philadelphia area. With her arrival, Pearson Koutcher has opened a new office in Cherry Hill...Read More | |||
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Lipnic Speculated to Take Over Labor Department | 11/17/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Political journalists covering the presidential transition speculate that Donald Trump will choose Victoria Lipnic, one of two Republican commissioners on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, to head up the Department of Labor. ...Read More | |||
| L&I Fines Dollar Tree $145K for Stacking Boxes Too High, Other Violations | 11/14/2016 | ||
| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Washington's Department of Labor and Industries fined Dollar Tree Stores Inc. $145,200 for safety violations at its Aberdeen store. Inspectors found the storage room was "a crowded jumble of stacked boxes, bundles and containers that weren't secured and could topple over at a...Read More | |||
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Liberty Mutual Reverses Q3 Loss With $455M Profit | 11/07/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Liberty Mutual Insurance has reported third quarter net income of $455 million, reversing a $427 million net loss in the third quarter of 2015. F...Read More | |||
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L&I Revises Rules in Response to Lumbar Fusion Coverage Change | 11/03/2016 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Department of Labor & Industries has filed a rule-making order related to a recent state decision that lumbar fusion is no longer a covered procedure for uncomplicated degenerative disc disease. ...Read More | |||
