Workers' Compensation News
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LASIE Sets Legislative Review Forum for July 11 | 06/05/2018 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Louisiana Association of Self Insured Employers will host an open forum and legislative review July 11 at the Marriott Hotel in Baton Rouge. ...Read More | |||
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Landscaper Pleads Guilty to Double-Dipping Charge | 05/24/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Southern California man pleaded guilty to one count of felony workers’ compensation fraud after investigators discovered that he worked as a landscaper while receiving disability benefits for an alleged injury that he suffered while working for another landscaping company, according ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Pass Cancer Presumption Bill, Order PTSD Study | 05/24/2018 | |
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| By: Carrie Miller (correspondent) | |||
| State: NH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Some 28 years after New Hampshire passed the nation’s first presumptive cancer bill, the state’s firefighters may finally be able to begin accessing workers’ comp coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Lien Claimants Make Another Run at Constitutional Challenge to Lien Stay | 05/23/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California's automatic lien stay was born of a desire to impede on the constitutional right of providers to mount a meaningful defense to criminal charges, and the wishes of insurance companies not to pay for liens they believe are inappropriate, according to the latest amended complaint...Read More | |||
| Labor Department Seeks Feedback on Treatment Guideline Web Page | 05/15/2018 | ||
| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Montana Department of Labor and Industries is seeking feedback on an updated medical treatment guidelines web page. The department said it has been working on updates to improve the look and feel of the web page, available ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Pass Bill to Phase Out Second Injury Fund Before Ending Session | 05/15/2018 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alaska lawmakers approved a workers’ compensation reform bill requested by Gov. Bill Walker that would phase out the Second Injury Fund and revise the definition of independent contractor. ...Read More | |||
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Litigation Privilege Doesn't Apply to Malicious Statements, High Court Rules | 05/08/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: NV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The broad protection that shields litigants in Nevada from liability for potentially defamatory statements made during case proceedings doesn’t apply to disparaging comments that weren't made in good faith during a workers' compensation proceeding, the state’s ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Send Opioid Proposal to Governor | 05/08/2018 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Hawaii lawmakers sent to Gov. David Ige a bill that would require doctors prescribing opioids to injured workers to execute a written agreement to carry out an informed consent process with the patient. ...Read More | |||
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Labor-Friendly Comp Bill Likely to Die in Senate as Legislature Adjourns | 05/03/2018 | |
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| By: Carrie Miller (correspondent) | |||
| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oklahoma Legislature is set to bang the gavel three weeks early and head home Friday without passing significant workers’ compensation reforms it has been mulling for the past two sessions. ...Read More | |||
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Law Allows Worker to Bring Tort Claim Against Shareholder of Employer | 05/03/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that a corporate shareholder is not immune from civil liability to a company employee for independent tortious conduct. ...Read More | |||
