Workers' Compensation News
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Report: Police Chief Creates Unit to Review Comp Claims | 06/17/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Fresno Bee reports that the city and its top cop are looking into the possibility that Police Department employees are abusing the workers’ compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Comp Investigation Likely Led to Closure of Motel Tied to Deadly Limo Crash | 06/16/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A workers’ compensation investigation in upstate New York likely led to the shuttering of a motel where a company ran an illegal limo service tied to a deadly 2018 crash, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Report: AG Charges Owners of Construction Company With Fraud | 06/15/2021 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two co-owners of a Pennsylvania construction company were charged with workers’ compensation fraud as part of allegations they ripped off a program aimed at helping companies weather the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Research: Legalized Cannabis Correlates With Fewer Comp Claims | 06/15/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Legalization of recreational cannabis correlated with about a 20% drop in the probability that a person would receive workers’ compensation benefits, a researcher at Temple University told the ...Read More | |||
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Roofing Company With History of Violations Fined $1.2M | 06/14/2021 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries said it fined a roofing company $1.2 million for allegedly disregarding workplace safety rules that it also violated a year ago. ...Read More | |||
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Restitution Order Tops $151,000 for Double Dipper | 06/14/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| David L. Garner (Ohio BWC) ...Read More | |||
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Report: Lawmaker Eyes Expansion of PTSD Coverage | 06/10/2021 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The author of a bill allowing Wisconsin police and firefighters to receive workers’ compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder is planning to introduce similar legislation that would cover volunteers and more emergency medical technicians, according to a report by ...Read More | |||
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Report: Amazon Injury Rate Nearly Double That of Competitors | 06/02/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Employees in Amazon warehouses face almost double the risk of suffering a serious injury when compared to those working in any other warehouse in the U.S., according to a report by the Was...Read More | |||
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Rates for Readmission, Second Lumbar Operations Higher Among Comp Patients, WCRI Study Says | 05/28/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation patients with lower-back injuries are more likely to be readmitted or require a second surgery when compared with non-comp patients, according to a new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Governor Considering Candidates for Comp Court Vacancy | 05/28/2021 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee will review five candidates for appointment to a lifetime seat on the Workers’ Compensation Court, the Providence Journal rep...Read More | |||
