Workers' Compensation News
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Lyft Partners With One Call in Expansion of Ride-Hailing in Medical Transportation | 08/18/2016 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| More injured workers may soon be getting to medical appointments through ride-hailing service Lyft, under a partnership announced Wednesday between Lyft and One Call Care Management. ...Read More | |||
| Labor Dept. Proposing Rule Change on Petitions for Declaratory Rulings | 08/17/2016 | ||
| State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| South Dakota regulators have scheduled a Sept. 6 public hearing on a proposed rule change that would give the secretary of the Department of Labor & Regulation authority to dismiss requests for declaratory rulings without holding a hearing. Requests for declaratory rulings are made if...Read More | |||
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Lawsuit Seeks to Block Public Hearing on 19.6% Rate Hike | 08/15/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida attorney is asking for a temporary injunction to block Tuesday's public hearing on a 19.6% workers' compensation rate increase, alleging that the Florida Department of Insurance Regulation and the National Council on Compensation Insurance have violated the state's open meet...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker's Interest in Opt Out Wanes After Okla. Commission Ruling | 08/11/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: WI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A constitutional challenge to the Oklahoma Option has put the brakes on a lawmaker’s interest in drafting opt-out legislation in Wisconsin. ...Read More | |||
| Lack of Fall Protection for Construction Workers Nets Contractor $57,000 in OSHA Fines | 08/10/2016 | ||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Scranton contractor allowed employees to perform construction work without fall protection, the federal workplace safety agency found during a June inspection. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued $57,000 worth of penalties to Liberty Master Inc. after a co...Read More | |||
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Lawyer Sues to End Ban on Attorneys Soliciting Injured Workers for Representation | 08/09/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Wary of perpetuating the stereotype of lawyers chasing ambulances, a bipartisan group of attorneys in 2006 got a provision passed that bans Ohio lawyers from soliciting injured workers who file for workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Longtime CHSWC Member Kristen Schwenkmeyer Dies at 58 | 08/05/2016 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Kristen Schwenkmeyer, a member of the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation since 1994, has died, officials announced at CHSWC’s meeting on Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Proposing Changes to Record-Keeping Rules | 08/04/2016 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Media | |||
| The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries is proposing changes to its record-keeping rules to ensure they are at least as effective as those promulgated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. ...Read More | |||
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Lay Witness Testimony Can Rebut Statutory Presumption of Intoxication | 08/03/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled last week that the family of a fatally injured lineman successfully rebutted the statutory presumption of intoxication that arose from the fact that he had tested positive for marijuana use at the time of his death. ...Read More | |||
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Lawsuit: Cop Drank Self to Death Over Denied Claim | 07/29/2016 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The parents of a Santa Barbara police officer who died in 2014 say in a lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court for Central California that the city caused their son’s death by denying his workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
