Workers' Compensation News
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Retail Worker Doesn't Assert Viable Malpractice Claim Against Former Attorneys | 08/02/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a malpractice action against a law firm that failed to file a workers’ compensation claim for a client who would not have prevailed. ...Read More | |||
| Report: Final Tab for Firing Godfrey Nearly $3.2 Million | 08/01/2022 | ||
| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The state of Iowa spent almost $3.2 million defending former Gov. Terry Branstad for actions he took to force Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Chris Godfrey out of office, according to a report by ...Read More | |||
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Rates to Drop 8.47% in October | 07/28/2022 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development reported employers in the state will pay an average of 8.47% less for workers’ compensation coverage, starting Oct. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Unsealed Records Allege Pritzker Oversaw Fraudulent Comp Payments | 07/25/2022 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker oversaw an allegedly fraudulent workers’ compensation case filed by a former campaign worker who claimed she worked in the governor’s office after the state agency that actually employed her denied the claim, according to a report by the nonprofit ...Read More | |||
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Report: Attorney Accuses Fresno Defense Firm of Sexual Harassment | 07/19/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Fresno Bee reports that a workers’ compensation defense attorney filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against her former employer, saying a senior partner took her and other workers to a strip club and...Read More | |||
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Reissued Check Constitutes 'Final' Payment of Benefits | 07/19/2022 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an insurance carrier’s reissued check that a worker lost constituted its last payment of benefits for purposes of triggering the period for him to request additional compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Relief on Direct Appeal Moots Worker's Reconsideration Effort | 07/19/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s appeal of a denial of her request for reconsideration was rendered moot, since the court had already provided relief. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Advisory Panel Balks at Proposed Changes to Comp Laws | 07/15/2022 | |
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| State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A South Dakota advisory panel gave itself more time to consider a proposal to require that nurse case managers copy injured workers or their attorneys in communications with medical providers and rejected a proposal to extend the time workers have to report injuries, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Risk Strategies Names Patrick Roth SVP, Growth Leader | 07/14/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, announced the hiring of Patrick Roth as senior vice president and growth leader for the Central and Western regions. ...Read More | |||
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Retired Sheet Metal Worker Gets Award for Wage Loss Benefits | 07/14/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of wage loss benefits to a sheet metal worker, finding he did not voluntarily withdraw from the labor market. ...Read More | |||
