Workers' Compensation News
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Roofing Contractor Cited for Alleged Lack of Fall Protection | 03/29/2018 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a roofing contractor for allegedly failing to provide fall protection to workers at a site in Nashua. ...Read More | |||
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Ramifications of First-Responder PTSD Benefits Pondered | 03/14/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As a growing number of states expand workers’ compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder among first responders, certain questions are likely going to be asked more often. ...Read More | |||
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Retired Police Officer Accused of Fraud | 03/12/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A retired Los Angeles police officer was arrested on suspicion of workers’ compensation fraud after he was observed engaging in activities that were allegedly inconsistent with his claimed injuries, the ...Read More | |||
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Robbery Victim Must Take Claims of Retaliatory Termination to Arbitration | 03/07/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A unanimous West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a retail employee would have to arbitrate her claims that her employer had wrongfully terminated her in retaliation for pursuing comp benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Republican Senators Approve Bill to Create Work Comp Fraud Prosecutor | 03/01/2018 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A year after voting to roll back certain workers' compensation benefits, Iowa's Senate Republicans have approved a bill to create a special state prosecutor to combat workers' compensation fraud, ...Read More | |||
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Report: Fraud Case Against Owner of Pizza Shop Delayed | 02/27/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A judge delayed until April a criminal case against the owner of a Northern California pizza shop accused of making false statements to fraudulently reduce his workers’ compensation premiums, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Report: Hospital Billing Accounted for 46% of Work Comp Medical Costs | 02/21/2018 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Indemnity costs accounted for 50.3% of total claim costs, and medical costs made up 49.7% for claims that closed in 2016, according to an annual report from the Kansas Department of Labor Workers Compensation Divis...Read More | |||
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Reform Bill Amendment Would Further Boost Benefits, Attorney Fees | 02/20/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky House of Representatives is poised to pass today a bill that would increase permanent disability benefits by 10% and make numerous cost-saving reforms to the system, but a lawmaker has introduced an amendment that would boost benefits far more than the original proposal. ...Read More | |||
| Rule Regarding Exempt Status Takes Effect March 2 | 02/16/2018 | ||
| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kansas Insurance Department has adopted a rule, effective March 2, regarding an affidavit of exempt status in workers’ compensation. Under the rule, each company that underwrites workers’ compensation insurance in the state must accept an executed affidavit of exempt statu...Read More | |||
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Roofing Company Owners Arrested for Alleged Comp Fraud | 02/16/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two men who own a Miami roofing company have been arrested on suspicion of trying to conceal almost $1.2 million in payroll on their workers’ comp insurance renewal application. ...Read More | |||
