Workers' Compensation News
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Report Estimates Less Than 10% of Eligible Workers Filed COVID Claims | 05/03/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, a workplace safety advocacy group, said a report by a managing partner of a workers’ compensation claimants’ firm estimated that less than 10% of eligible workers in the Empire State have filed a claim for COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Former Police Officer Sentenced to 6 Months for Fraud | 04/28/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former Santa Ana police officer was sentenced to six months in jail and two years of probation after pleading guilty to one count of making a false statement to receive workers’ compensation benefits and three counts of filing a fraudulent insurance claim, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Report: Battles Brew Over Comp Proposals | 04/27/2021 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Denver Business Journal reports that a battle is brewing over bills that would give Colorado injured workers more freedom to choose a treating provider and...Read More | |||
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Registration Opens for Work Comp Educational Seminar | 04/22/2021 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Department of Labor announced that registration opened for the 26th annual Missouri Division of Workers’ Compensation Educational Seminar. ...Read More | |||
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Randy Pollak to Lead SoCal Operations of Wintersteen Casarez | 04/20/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation defense firm Wintersteen Casarez announced that Randy Pollak will lead its Southern California market as managing attorney of its Los Angeles office. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Ex-Cop Says City Fired Him for Comp Claim | 04/08/2021 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former Myrtle Beach police officer filed a lawsuit claiming the city chose to fire him — rather than suspend him — as punishment for filing a workers’ compensation claim, according to media reports. ...Read More | |||
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Registration Opens for 2021 Workers' Compensation Conference | 04/06/2021 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Registration is open for the 2021 Texas Workers’ Compensation Conference running June 28 through July 1, the Division of Workers’ Compensation announced. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Governor Signs Health Care Worker Presumption | 04/02/2021 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Reuters reports that Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed into law a bill that would create a presum...Read More | |||
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Res Judicata Doesn't Bar Bricklayer's Refiled Claim for Benefits | 03/31/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a bricklayer’s refiled claim for workers’ compensation benefits was not barred by the doctrine of res judicata and that it should not have been resolved by summary judgment. ...Read More | |||
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Report: County Health Inspector Tipped Off Foster Farms About COVID Inspection | 03/22/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Foster Farms received advanced notice that California state workplace regulators would be inspecting a chicken processing plant where at least five workers have died from COVID-19 and another 22 were hospitalized with the disease, according to a ...Read More | |||
