Workers' Compensation News
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Lawmakers Send Apportionment Bills to Governor | 09/04/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Jerry Brown will have one last opportunity before leaving office to prohibit what Democratic lawmakers call discriminatory apportionment practices, with the Legislature sending him two bills on the issue before the session ended Friday. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Cabinet Offers Free OSHA Training in September | 08/30/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Labor Cabinet will offer a week of free safety training next month in Danville, the department announced this week. The tra...Read More | |||
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Law Requires Prescribers to Take 3 Hours of CE for Opioid Rx | 08/30/2018 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner this week signed Senate Bill 2777, which requires medical professionals to take continuing education courses on safe prescribing of opioid medications. ...Read More | |||
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Luzuriaga Mims Appoints Associate to Practice Work Comp | 08/28/2018 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Luzuriaga Mims law firm in Charleston has appointed Elizabeth D. Wiles as an associate attorney, according to the Post and Courier newspaper....Read More | |||
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Labor Law Claim Can Proceed Against Property Owner's Son, but Not Daughter | 08/24/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the executor of a property owner’s estate was not subject to liability for a worker’s Labor Law claim, but her brother did not share in her immunity. ...Read More | |||
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Lawsuit Claims Angelotti Has No Bearing on Entitlement to Indemnity | 08/23/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals' seminal holding that the right to workers’ compensation benefits is statutory and not vested until reduced to a final judgment is inapplicable to another dispute involving indemnity benefits, according to first responders suing two California ...Read More | |||
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Lobell Rosen Appoints Partner, Associate in Workers' Comp Practice | 08/23/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Lobell Rosen law firm announced Wednesday the appointment of Lorna E. Brown-Burton as partner, and Amber L. Ruocco as an associate, in the workers’ compensation division. Both will be based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. ...Read More | |||
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Lawyer With Background in Comp Appointed Chief Deputy Insurance Commissioner | 08/23/2018 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler announced Wednesday that he appointed AnnaLisa Gellermann as chief deputy commissioner, starting Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Lisa Corless Named CEO of AF Group | 08/22/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Lisa Corless has been promoted to president and chief executive officer of workers’ comp insurer AF Group, a subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. ...Read More | |||
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Late Reports Surfaces as Issue in QME Certification | 08/21/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation, which promised to enforce its qualified medical evaluator rules as written earlier this year to settle a lawsuit, is doing exactly that and using late reports as a reason to delay or deny recertification. ...Read More | |||
