Workers' Compensation News
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No Summary Judgment for Worker's Labor Law Claim Based on Fall From Fire Escape Ladder | 12/07/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 74 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 101 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s Labor Law claim based on a fall from a fire escape could not be resolved on summary judgment. ...Read More | |||
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New Schedule Would Raise Physician Fees, Tie Them to Medicare's Conversion Factor | 12/06/2018 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 128 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 18 min read | |||
| Thanks to a recent drop in overall workers' compensation costs for employers, Tennessee regulators now feel comfortable granting medical providers a significant increase in fees, one that will rise with Medicare's fees over time, officials said this week. ...Read More | |||
| Ned Rand Named President at ProAssurance | 12/05/2018 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 76 | 0 | Popular with Other_other | 3 min read | |||
| Edward “Ned” Rand Jr., who has served as chief operating officer of ProAssurance Corp. since January, has also been named company president. As president and COO, Rand is responsible for all day-to-day activities of the company. He is also chief accounting officer, according t...Read More | |||
| New Designated Doctor Forms Must Be Used Starting Thursday | 12/05/2018 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 100 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read | |||
| The Texas Division of Worker's Compensation is reminding stakeholders that starting Thursday, Dec. 6, anyone requesting a designated doctor review must use new forms that were drafted this year...Read More | |||
| NSM Insurance Group Acquires KBK Insurance Group | 12/04/2018 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 89 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read | |||
| NSM Insurance Group, a provider of industry-specific insurance programs and workers' compensation coverage, has acquired the assets of KBK Insurance Group. Based in Harahan, Louisiana, KBK has more than 25 years of experience as a specialized program manager in the towing and transpor...Read More | |||
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New Reports Detail Injured Workers' Experience With Comp System | 11/30/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 213 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 19 min read | |||
| Three years after being hurt on the job, 14% of injured workers in Pennsylvania hadn’t returned to work, according to a new report from the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty in $65 Million Fraud Scheme | 11/29/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1227 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 33 min read | |||
| The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California announced that a nurse practitioner from Tennessee pleaded guilty to participating...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Worker's Demolition Project Mishap | 11/29/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 72 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 45 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a fall from a scaffold while demolishing a cinder block wall. ...Read More | |||
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New Jones Walker Attorney Will Handle Jones Act, LHWCA Claims | 11/29/2018 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 91 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read | |||
| Sara Kuebel The Jones Walker law firm in New O...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Firefighter Who Delayed Filing Claim for 7 Years | 11/28/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 73 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 195 min read | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a firefighter was time-barred from filing a workers’ compensation claim, since it had been seven years since he suffered a back injury in the line of duty. ...Read More | |||
