Workers' Compensation News
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Owner Exempt From Liability for Accident During Renovation of Mixed-Use Property | 10/26/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an owner was exempt from liability for a worker's injuries sustained on the portion of the property that served as her personal residence. ...Read More | |||
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Office Adopts Final COVID Telemedicine Rules and Codes | 10/21/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Louisiana Office of Workers' Compensation Administration has adopted new reimbursement rules and billing codes for telemedicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Announces $309,023 in COVID Penalties | 10/19/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced $309,023 in penalties for violations related to COVID-19. The federal workplac...Read More | |||
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OSHA Says COVID Deaths Should Be Reported Within 8 Hours | 10/07/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Employers must now report COVID-19-related deaths to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration within eight hours of learning about them, the federal agency has announced. ...Read More | |||
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Officer's PTSD Claim Helped Drive $20 Million Settlement in Fatal Shooting Case | 10/01/2020 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Maryland police officer's workers' compensation claim for mental stress played a significant role in a $20 million settlement with the family of a man killed by the officer, according to a news report. ...Read More | |||
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Owner of Ag Company Accused of $2.5M Premium Fraud Scheme | 09/15/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of an agriculture company in Merced was arraigned Monday with his daughter for allegedly underreporting $11 million in payroll to reduce their workers’ compensation premiums by more than $2.5 million, the California Department of Insurance announced. ...Read More | |||
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ODG Webinar to Cover New Guidelines | 09/10/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| ODG by MCG is hosting a webinar Wednesday to discuss new guidelines intended to simplify non-occupational disability claim management. The O...Read More | |||
| One Call Announces New Chief Information Officer | 09/04/2020 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workers’ compensation specialty network management service provider One Call announced the appointment of Mark Bilger as its chief information officer. ...Read More | |||
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Officer Gets Line-of-Duty Pension for Disability | 08/19/2020 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the state Pension Code does not require that an act of duty be the sole cause of an officer’s disability to receive a line-of-duty disability pension. ...Read More | |||
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Origami Risk and Gradient AI to Offer Claims, Policy Modeling | 08/13/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Origami Risk LLC and Gradient AI announced they have formed a partnership to make Gradient’s claims and policy modeling capabilities and predictive analytics resources available on Origami’s digital platform. ...Read More | |||
