Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Denies Review of 2 Workers' Comp Cases | 12/20/2019 | |
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| The California Supreme Court last week denied review of two workers’ compensation cases, including a dispute over whether an employee can collect temporary disability benefits for time she lost from work to attend medical appointments. ...Read More | |||
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Security Guard Can't Pursue Personal Injury Suit Against Film Studio | 12/18/2019 | |
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| A California appellate court ruled that a security guard could not assert a viable personal injury suit against the film studio that had hired her employer. ...Read More | |||
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Stakeholders Urge DWC to Take Time to Address QME Issues, Revise MLFS | 12/17/2019 | |
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| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation will not start formal rulemaking to update the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule before completing meetings with system users — a relief to some observers who worried the division would rush to meet an arbitrary and self-imposed deadline. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Orders Disbarment of Attorney Who Failed to Return Fee to Comp Client | 12/16/2019 | |
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| The Louisiana Supreme Court last week disbarred a DeRidder attorney for misconduct involving the neglect of clients’ legal matters, a failure to provide competent representation and improper retention of unearned fees. ...Read More | |||
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Staffing Firm Owner Convicted of Premium Fraud to Pay $944,000 in Restitution | 12/12/2019 | |
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| The owner of a staffing firm who was charged with premium fraud and pleaded no contest to a felony insurance fraud charge was ordered to pay $944,000 in restitution to California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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State Representative Joins Claimants' Firm BG Law | 12/12/2019 | |
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| Missouri state Rep. Wes Rogers joined BG Law as workers’ compensation attorney of counsel, the firm announced. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Tosses Workers' Fee Awards as Unreasonably Low | 12/12/2019 | |
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| The Alaska Supreme Court overturned an award of fees to two injured workers as unreasonably low. Case: Rusch v. Southeast Alas...Read More | |||
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Self-Insured Reporting Threshold Increasing to $17,500 | 12/11/2019 | |
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| The threshold for self-insured employers to report claims data to the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division will increase to $17,500 in 2020 from $17,000 for the current year. ...Read More | |||
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State Changes Serious-Injury Report Criteria, Moves to Eliminate Email Requests | 12/10/2019 | |
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| New laws that take effect at the start of 2020 will change how employers report accidents to the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health and revise the criteria for determining which serious job site occupational injuries, illnesses and deaths employers need to disclose, according t...Read More | |||
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SAIF Board, Audit Committee Meeting Wednesday | 12/10/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The board of directors and Audit Committee for Oregon’s SAIF Corp. will meet Wednesday in Salem. The Audit Committee, which meets at ...Read More | |||
