Workers' Compensation News
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Las Vegas Hearing Rep Shooter Indicted on 6 Felony Charges
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12/04/2014
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State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Las Vegas grand jury indicted Leonard Sullivan on six felonies for allegedly shooting a hearing representative outside of the Nevada Department of Administrator's Hearings Division Office.
If convicted on all charges of attempted murder, battery with a deadly weapon, discharging a f...Read More
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Longtime Comp Attorney Sartain Dies at 81
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12/02/2014
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State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Joe Sartain, a Gainesville, Georgia, attorney who practiced personal injury and workers’ compensation law in the state for more than 45 years, died last Thursday, according to AccessNorthGA.com. Sartain was 81.
Sartain was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 1957 and began his l...Read More
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L&I Approves 0.8% Rate Increase for 2015
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11/26/2014
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries approved an average 0.8% increase in workers' compensation rates for 2015.
The approved increase equates to an additional half cent per hour worked, L&I said, and is a full percentage point lower than the 1.8% increase propos...Read More
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Lawmaker Wants Tougher Penalties for Workplace Attacks on Nurses
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11/21/2014
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State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Minnesota state lawmaker is proposing legislation to increase prison sentences and fines for assaults on nurses after a spate of workers' compensation claims by nurses who were physically assaulted by patients, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported Thursday.
Rep. Joe Atkins, DFL-Inv...Read More
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Longtime Comp Attorney Arnold Dies at 82
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11/20/2014
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State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Herbert J. Arnold, a longtime workers’ compensation practitioner in Maryland, died on Friday, according to his obituary page on the website of Harry H. Witzke’s Family Funeral Home. Arnold was 82. The cause of death was not released.
Arnold practiced workers’ compensatio...Read More
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Lawyer Disbarred for Falsely Cashing Deceased Client's Workers' Comp Checks
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11/20/2014
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State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An Alton-based lawyer has surrendered his law license after the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission discovered he had falsely cashed workers’ compensation checks for a deceased client.
The commission charged Robert Scott Forbes with making false statements to attorneys...Read More
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Law Firm's Individual Shareholders Were not 'Employers' of Staff Member
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11/19/2014
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The individual shareholders of a law firm can not be held personally liable for the alleged wage claims of a former employee because they were not his "employers," a California appellate court ruled.
Case: Mahboubian v. Beyer Law Group, No. H039415, 11/18/14, unpublished.
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Labor Commission Proposes 0.1% Reinsurance Fund Assessment Increase
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11/19/2014
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State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Utah Labor Commission is proposing to increase the Employers' Reinsurance Fund assessment rate to 3% from 2.9%, effective Jan. 1, 2015.
The Employers Reinsurance Fund, or ERF, pays certain workers' compensation benefits as a result of accidents that occurred prior to July 1994...Read More
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