Workers' Compensation News
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Presumption Bill Passes Senate, Goes to House Labor Committee | 06/13/2018 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Senate has endorsed a bill that would provide workers' compensation coverage for first responders who are stricken with cancer and lung disease. ...Read More | |||
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PEO Owner Convicted of Defrauding BWC | 06/12/2018 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Empty | |||
| The owner of an Ohio professional employer organization pleaded guilty last week to wire fraud and money laundering after federal prosecutors charged that he defrauded the Bureau of Workers' Compensation by underreporting payroll. ...Read More | |||
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Public Hearing Set on New Designated Doctor Rules | 06/12/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation will hold a public hearing Monday on new rules that will affect who can serve as designated doctors in injury disputes, and how they get paid. ...Read More | |||
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Pie Insurance Starts Online Sales of Comp Policies | 06/06/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Pie Insurance has begun online sales of workers’ compensation insurance policies directly to small businesses in seven states: Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas. ...Read More | |||
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Prosecutors Take Different Tacks Toward Restitution in Comp Fraud Cases | 06/01/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| While federal prosecutors in Los Angeles are asking for only about $12 million in restitution out of $500 million billed by a hospital owner who was convicted of paying kickbacks, federal prosecutors in San Diego are throwing the book at a doctor who paid kickbacks. ...Read More | |||
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Parties Must Submit Email Addresses Before Notices Start July 2 | 06/01/2018 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Beginning July 2, all parties in workers' compensation claims cases will receive notice through electronic means, so the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission needs updated email addresses, the commission announced this week. ...Read More | |||
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Public Employer Can't Subrogate Worker's 3rd-Party Recovery | 05/31/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on Tuesday ruled that a public employer cannot recover the Heart and Lung Act benefits it has paid to an worker from his third-party recovery. ...Read More | |||
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Publix Donates to Self-Insured Compensation PAC | 05/30/2018 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Publix Supermarkets, under fire for supporting pro-gun candidates in Florida, the site of a recent mass shooting, also has donated to causes and candidates in nearby Alabama, including a political action committee that advocates on self-insured workers' compensation issues. ...Read More | |||
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Privette Doctrine Barred Tort Claims Against Homeowner for Worker's Fatal Fall | 05/23/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court on Monday ruled that the family of a worker who fell to his death during a home construction project could not proceed with claims against the homeowner, as a matter of law. ...Read More | |||
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PAID Act to Streamline Settlement Introduced in Congress | 05/23/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Legislation intended to make it easier to identify secondary payers who might be owed money during the workers’ comp settlement process was introduced in Congress on Friday. ...Read More | |||
