Workers' Compensation News
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Rulemaking Advisory Committee Reviewing Treatment Regs | 09/12/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division's rulemaking advisory committee will review medical treatment regulations during a Nov. 5 meeting. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Man Accused of Selling Insurance Without License | 09/10/2024 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The owner of a Georgia tax preparation business was charged with 23 counts of insurance fraud and two counts of deceptive practices for allegedly selling workers’ compensation insurance without being licensed to do so, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Registration Opens for Comp Conference | 09/10/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation opened registration for its Workers’ Compensation Conference being held virtually in October. ...Read More | |||
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Registration for Work Comp Summit Opens Monday | 09/05/2024 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry announced that it will open registration Monday for its one-day Workers’ Compensation Summit set for Oct. 29. ...Read More | |||
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Res Judicata Doesn't Bar Employer's Claims Against Former Comp Carrier | 08/22/2024 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court ruled that the doctrine of res judicata did not bar an employer’s claims against its former comp carrier for allegedly misleading it into believing it still had coverage after its policy was canceled. ...Read More | |||
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Roofing Material Supplier Fined $92,226 for Fall Hazards | 08/08/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined a building materials supplier $92,226 for repeatedly failing to protect workers from potential fall hazards that it said could seriously injure or kill them. ...Read More | |||
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Rand Estimates Liabilities of $7.9B for SIBTF | 08/07/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 4 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Rand Corp. in a report posted to the California Division of Workers’ Compensation website estimates that the mid-point of total liabilities for claims filed against the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund between 2010 and 2022 is $7.9 billion. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Union Says CrowdStrike Outage Halted Payments to 9/11 Responders | 07/25/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York Daily News reports that union officials are claiming that 9/11 first responders have not received workers’ compensation bene...Read More | |||
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Railway Worker Loses Challenge to Dismissal of Retaliation Claim | 07/23/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals denied review of a railway worker’s challenge to the dismissal of his claim he had been terminated in retaliation for his successful pursuit of a Federal Employers Liability Act claim against his former employer. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Former Postal Worker Sentenced to Probation for Fraud | 07/23/2024 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A former U.S. Postal Service worker in Delaware was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay nearly $94,000 in restitution for defrauding the federal workers’ compensation program, according to the Associated Press. ...Read More | |||
