Workers' Compensation News
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PTSD Measure Killed in Senate Committee | 04/29/2016 | |
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| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A bill that would have allowed most any worker to file post-traumatic stress workers’ compensation claims was shot down by the Colorado legislature’s Senate Committee on State, Veterans, and Military Affairs on Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Prison Guard Allegedly Used Comp Benefits to Fund Move Down South | 04/29/2016 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York state Office of Inspector General has charged an officer of the Five Points Correctional Facility with grand larceny and fraud for allegedly stealing more than $38,000 in sick leave and workers' compensation benefits by falsifying medical records. ...Read More | |||
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Pinnacol Adds Two to Foundation Board | 04/28/2016 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Colorado’s state-chartered workers’ compensation carrier Pinnacol Assurance added two members to the board that oversees its program that awards scholarships to the children of people hurt or killed at work. ...Read More | |||
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Pizza Shop Owner to Serve Jail Time for Premium, Tax Evasion | 04/27/2016 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of a pizza restaurant in Soledad will serve 120 days in jail and pay more than $10,000 in fines after his conviction for payroll tax and workers' compensation premium fraud, the Monterey County District Attorney's Office said Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Premium Calculation Methodology Set Forth in CGL Policy Wasn't Ambiguous, Court Rules | 04/27/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that language in a carrier's policy indicating that an insured's premiums would be calculated in accordance with the carrier's unspecified "rules and rates" was not ambiguous. ...Read More | |||
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Proposed Fee Schedule Revision Would Increase Some Fees by 1.5% | 04/27/2016 | |
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| State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Dakota Division of Labor and Management has scheduled a public hearing on May 10 to hear comments on a proposed revision of the workers' compensation fee schedule. ...Read More | |||
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Paper Mill Fined $119,000 Following Worker's Death | 04/26/2016 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Federal workplace safety regulators fined a Wisconsin paper mill $119,000 for violations uncovered during the investigation of a fatal accident. Michael J....Read More | |||
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Pork Plant Workers Claim Retaliation for Filing Work Comp Claims | 04/25/2016 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Nine former workers for a Missouri pork-processing plant have filed suit against their former employer, charging that they were fired in retaliation for filing workers' compensation claims, the ...Read More | |||
| PMA Management to Move its Connecticut Offices | 04/25/2016 | ||
| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| PMA Management Corp. of New England, a provider of workers’ compensation risk management and third-party administration services, is moving to larger offices, according to a news report. The company will remain in Connecticut, moving in May from offices in Meriden to Wallingfor...Read More | |||
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Plumber Cited for Allowing Trench Work Without Protection | 04/25/2016 | |
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| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Alabama plumbing contractor may have to pay up to $43,800 in penalties after being cited by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration for exposing its workers to trench collapse hazards. ...Read More | |||
