Workers' Compensation News
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Repeat and New Hazards Bring $145,600 in OSHA Fines against Manufacturer
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12/10/2015
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State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A complaint about workplace safety led to an inspection that resulted in $145,600 in proposed fines against a Massachusetts aerospace parts manufacturing plant.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for three repeat and 10 serious violations of workp...Read More
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Risk Pool Ordered to Wind Down Amid Fears over Financial Health
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12/08/2015
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By: John Breslin (Eastern Bureau Chief)
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State: NH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Dozens of New Hampshire cities, counties and school boards will have to find workers' comp coverage elsewhere after a state hearing officer ruled that a spin-off from the troubled Local Government Center is not financially viable.
Administrative Hearing Officer Donald Mitchell&nb...Read More
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Rules Review Commission to Take up Industrial Commission Regs. Dec. 17
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12/04/2015
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State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The North Carolina Rules Review Commission will consider a proposed regulation that would mandate electronic filing and make housekeeping changes for efficiency and consistency during a meeting Dec. 17 in Raleigh.
The Industrial Commission has proposed a change to Administrative Code Sect...Read More
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Researchers: No "Wholesale Denial" of Treatment
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12/03/2015
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 19 | Popular with Legal
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A study released Wednesday by the California Workers' Compensation Institute says that 96% of requests for medical treatment are ultimately approved within the state’s workers’ ...Read More
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Return to Work and Claims Sessions Planned
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12/02/2015
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State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Registration is open for a series of online return-to-work and claims workshops organized by North Dakota's Workforce Safety and Insurance agency.
The next session under the return-to-work/designated medical provider program on Dec. 9 is fully booked, though those wanting to participa...Read More
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Robert Morrow Named Associate Commissioner for Hearings
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12/01/2015
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State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer Jr. has announced the appointment of Robert D. Morrow Jr. as the state’s associate insurance commissioner for hearings.
As associate commissioner, Morrow will serve as the commissioner’s designee for most
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Retail Comp Returning $7.6 Million to Members
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11/30/2015
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State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Alabama Retail Comp said it will return more than $7.6 million in premiums to members in 2016 through its retrospective return plan.
The self-insured, self-administered workers' compensation fund sponsored by the Alabama Retail Association, said its retrospective rating plan takes int...Read More
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RTGR Defense Firm Opens Sacramento Office
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11/24/2015
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The defense firm firm of Richard, Thorson, Graves & Royer – also known as RTGR Law – on Monday announced the opening of its new office in Sacramento.
RTGR Law specializes in the representation of public agencies and self-insured companies in workers'...Read More
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Report: LAPD Can't Track Number of Workers Out with Injuries
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11/23/2015
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Los Angeles Police Department employees filed 3,602 workers' compensation claims last year, but efforts to evaluate those injuries and others are being thwarted by the lack of data, according to a report presented to the Board of Police Commissioners.
Alexander A. Bustamante, the comm...Read More
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