Workers' Compensation News
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Property Owner Wasn't Liable for Injuries to Subcontractor's Employee | 12/28/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a property owner could not be held liable for the injuries suffered by a subcontractor's injured employee, as a matter of law. ...Read More | |||
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Proposal Would Eliminate Experience Requirement for Ombudsmen | 12/22/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Office of Injured Employee Counsel will ask lawmakers who convene next month to eliminate the requirement that ombudsmen have at least one year of experience in workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Proposed Rules Would Implement Fee Schedules | 12/22/2016 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry is proposing “good cause” amendments to the rules to implement the independent medical examination, relative value and pharmacy fee schedules. ...Read More | |||
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Prosecutor Counterpunches Kickboxer Taking Illegal Comp Benefits | 12/21/2016 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Midland Beach kickboxing instructor has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor petit larceny after collecting $37,500 in workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
| Patriot National Stock Rebounds After Monday Dive | 12/14/2016 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Patriot National’s stock recovered somewhat on Tuesday after a rough day of trading on Monday, when prices fell $1.27 per share, or 20%, to close at $5.03. Tuesday’s closing price was $5.43, a 7.95% increase for the day. Share volume was 425,298. Monday’s share volume wa...Read More | |||
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Poultry Plant Delivers 1-2 Punch of Injury Exposure, Poor Medical Management | 12/14/2016 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Working conditions at a Delaware poultry processing plant deliver a one-two punch to workers, whose tasks expose them to musculoskeletal injuries that managers then discourage them from reporting. ...Read More | |||
| Painter to Pay Restitution for Double Dipping | 12/13/2016 | ||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Cleveland-area claimant was ordered to pay more than $3,000 in restitution after investigators for the Bureau of Workers' Compensation observed him working while collecting workers' comp benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Personnel Shortage Plagues Hawaii Comp, News Outlet Reports | 12/09/2016 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Hawaii is looking into making substantial changes to its workers' compensation system once a state audit of a group of cases concludes, the state's labor czar told the Honolulu Civil Beat. ...Read More | |||
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Public Safety Employee Benefits Act Didn't Apply to Injured Paramedic | 12/08/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that an injured paramedic was not entitled to coverage under the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Case...Read More | |||
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Proposed Filing Would Drop Rates 6.21% | 12/06/2016 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau has proposed a 6.21% rate decrease in overall average loss costs, effective April 1 for new and renewal policies. ...Read More | |||
