Workers' Compensation News
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Pharmacist Failed to Prove Compensable Exacerbation of Fibromyalgia | 02/20/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a pharmacist exposed to pepper spray while working in a prison failed to prove that the incident had caused a compensable exacerbation of her pre-existing fibromyalgia. ...Read More | |||
| Paper Mill Settles With OSHA For $175K | 02/12/2018 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The federal work-safety agency has reached a settlement with a Carthage, New York paper milling company cited for 62 violations of work-safety standards last year. The company, Carthage Specialty Paperboard Inc., will pay $175,000 in penalties. Occupational Safety and Health...Read More | |||
| Paterson School District Suspends Insurance Consultant Amid Probe | 02/09/2018 | ||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Following news that the city of Paterson suspended risk manager Samir Goow amid an investi...Read More | |||
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Privette Doctrine Doesn't Bar Contractor's Suit Over 'Dilapidated' Roof | 02/08/2018 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A window cleaner who fell off a roof may proceed with his negligence lawsuit against a Los Angeles County homeowner, the 2nd District Court of Appeal decided Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Property Owner Can't Be Held Liable for Window Washer's Fatal Fall | 02/06/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a property owner could not be held civilly liable to the family of a window washer who fell to his death because he did not have an appropriate roof anchor for rappelling down the side of the building. ...Read More | |||
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Pacific Hospital CFO Sentenced for Role in Kickback Scheme | 02/05/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The former chief financial officer of Pacific Hospital of Long Beach was sentenced on Friday for his role in a spinal surgery kickback scheme that included tracking procedures and determining what doctors were owed for referring workers’ compensation patients to have spinal surgeries perfor...Read More | |||
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Prosecutors Charge Man Who Ran Personnel-Leasing Business With Wire Fraud | 02/05/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida-based federal prosecutors have charged an undocumented Honduran immigrant with 121 counts of wire fraud for his alleged efforts to connect fellow immigrants with work in the construction industry. ...Read More | |||
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Patriot National Files for Chapter 11 as Step in Restructuring | 02/02/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Patriot National Inc., a provider of services to the insurance industry, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday as part of a previously announced restructuring plan. ...Read More | |||
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PD Rating, Immigration Bills Pass | 01/31/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate passed a bill that would limit federal immigration activities in state-owned buildings while the Assembly passed a bill proposing criteria that doctors would have to consider when determining impairments caused by breast cancer. ...Read More | |||
| Parker, Kern, Nard & Wenzel Hires Associate in Bakersfield | 01/31/2018 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Parker, Kern, Nard & Wenzel law firm has hired attorney Patricia Cote to work in its Bakersfield office. Cote was previously a senior associate with the Hanna Brophy law firm. She spent 25 years with State Compensation Insurance Fund, where she rose to the position of staff counse...Read More | |||
