Workers' Compensation News
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RIMS Announces 2021 Officers, Directors | 01/05/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Nonprofit risk management society RIMS announced directors and officers for 2021, starting with Ellen R. Dunkin, who will serve as president. ...Read More | |||
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Refinery Operator Has Immunity From Tort Suit by Contractor's Employee | 01/04/2021 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a truck driver could not maintain a tort suit against a refinery owner for injuries he sustained while providing transport services pursuant to a contract. ...Read More | |||
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Report Finds Farms Account for Nearly Half of State's Workplace Deaths | 12/30/2020 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Farm jobs accounted for close to half of the 38 deaths at Montana workplaces recorded in 2019, according to a report by the Flathead Beacon. ...Read More | |||
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Report Shows Another Increase in Job-Related Deaths; Texas Has Highest Number | 12/18/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| More than 5,300 workers were killed on the job in 2019, a 2% increase from the previous year and the largest number of fatalities since 2007, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. ...Read More | |||
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Reinisch Wilson Weier Holding Free Webinars in January | 12/15/2020 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation defense firm Reinisch Wilson Weier is hosting a series of free webinars in January covering topics that include return-to-work, subrogation and claim resolution strategies. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Hospital System Leads State in COVID-19 Claim Denials | 12/10/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Providence Health & Services, the largest hospital group in Oregon, denied a disproportionate number of medical-only comp claims for COVID-19, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Report: BWC Lawsuit Against OptumRx Postponed | 12/09/2020 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The trial in a lawsuit in which OptumRx is accused of overcharging the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation for prescription drugs was postponed to Nov. 1, 2021, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Roofer Accused of $2 Million Payroll Fraud Scheme | 12/03/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of a Simi Valley roofing business was arraigned on five felony counts of insurance fraud for allegedly underreporting payroll by more than $4 million, resulting in a loss of more than $2 million for State Compensation Insurance Fund, the California Department of Insurance announced....Read More | |||
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Regulators Tout Larger, 9.2% Rate Decrease for 2021 | 12/03/2020 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Many Tennessee employers should see a decrease in workers' compensation premiums next year after regulators approved a 9.2% cut in loss costs for the voluntary market, the Department of Commerce and Insurance announced. ...Read More | |||
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Risk Management Company, Defense Firm to Co-Host Webinar on AB 685 | 12/02/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A risk management company and two representatives from a workers’ compensation defense firm will co-host a webinar Thursday on recent COVID-19 legislation. ...Read More | |||
