Workers' Compensation News
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LAPD Officer Charged With Fraud Over Alleged Misleading Statements | 05/17/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Los Angeles Police Department officer is facing five felony charges for allegedly misrepresenting the extent of his job-related injuries, prosecutors announced Thursday. ...Read More | |||
| Louisiana Senate Approves PTSD Presumption Bill | 05/14/2019 | ||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Louisiana would join the other states that have established a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is work-related for first responders, including volunteers, under a bill the Senate passed this month. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives passed another bill that would exten...Read More | |||
| Lawmakers Announce Compromise on PTSD Bill | 05/14/2019 | ||
| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Six years after the Sandy Hook Elementary school shootings, Connecticut lawmakers, first responders and municipalities have unveiled compromise legislation that would make post-traumatic stress disorder compensable. Connecticut news sites ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Approves Bill to Publish Loss Cost Filings Sooner | 05/09/2019 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Insurers would not have to wait three months to examine rate filings and loss cost information in New Hampshire, under a bill awaiting the governor's signature. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Tells Teachers to Sue School Districts Over Mental Conditions | 05/08/2019 | |
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| State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| North Dakota school teachers, who are increasingly being attacked by students, should sue their school districts over their mental health conditions rather than turn to the workers’ comp system, a state lawmaker said. ...Read More | |||
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Latest Pain Treatment Guideline Comes From Consumer Reports | 05/07/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Stay active. Try alternative therapies such as acupuncture or yoga. Make sure the benefits of medications outweigh the harm. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Bill Reducing Penalty for Premium Fraud | 05/06/2019 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida lawmakers passed a bill that would reduce the severity of attempted premium fraud and eliminate a notarization requirement for statements attesting to the accuracy of information provided to secure workers’ compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Littler Hires Melissa Peters as Special Counsel | 05/02/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Employment and labor law practice Littler announced the hiring of Melissa K. Peters as special counsel of its Walnut Creek office. Peters was...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Ditch 2050 Effective Date for Chaperone Bill | 05/02/2019 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Hawaii lawmakers agreed to allow to take effect this year a bill that preserves the ability of injured workers to bring chaperones to independent medical exams. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Hearing Salary Continuation, Presumption and UR Bills Wednesday | 04/23/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Committees for both chambers of the California Legislature will hear testimony about workers’ compensation bills addressing salary continuation benefits, utilization review and presumptions during hearings on Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
