Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Denies Additional Narcotic Pain Meds for Injured Worker | 02/27/2020 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to additional narcotic pain medication to treat his injuries from an old slip and fall. ...Read More | |||
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Southern California Applicants' Attorney Alan Wax Dies at 60 | 02/24/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alan Wax, a popular workers’ compensation attorney who co-headed a father-son firm in Southern California for more than 30 years, has died. He was 60 years old. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Permanently Disbars Attorney for Abandoning Clients, Forgery, Failing to Return Fees | 02/24/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Louisiana Supreme Court last week yanked an attorney’s law license for failing to return unearned fees, abandoning clients and stealing money from another lawyer. ...Read More | |||
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State Fund to Ramp Up Sustainability Efforts in 2020 | 02/21/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California State Compensation Insurance Fund likes to see green, but in 2020 it’ll be going green. The state’s largest workers&r...Read More | |||
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Senate Spikes PTSD Presumption for EMTs, Law Enforcement | 02/21/2020 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Mexico Senate sacked legislation that would have created a rebuttable presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is an occupational condition for law enforcement officers and emergency medical technicians. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Approves Amended Bill Allowing Alternate Members of Appeals Board | 02/21/2020 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The Utah Senate on Thursday passed an amended bill that would allow the governor to appoint members to the Labor Commission Appeals Board to fill in for other members who are not available. ...Read More | |||
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Stenographer Charged With Larceny for Allegedly Inflating Bills | 02/20/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York state stenographer was arrested on a single felony larceny charge for allegedly adding zeros to invoices sent to workers’ compensation carriers. ...Read More | |||
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State Uses New Law to Bust Subcontractor for Alleged Misclassification | 02/20/2020 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New Jersey subcontractor has been ordered to stop work and pay more than $19,000 in fines for allegedly misclassifying workers, failing to obtain workers' compensation coverage and failing to deduct taxes. ...Read More | |||
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State Supreme Court Upholds Comp Exemption Law for North Dakota Businesses | 02/20/2020 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court has found that a law that gives a special workers' compensation exemption to North Dakota employers is not unconstitutional. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Committee Won't Confirm Chief Judge Nominee | 02/19/2020 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The chairman of a Florida Senate committee said he will not hold a confirmation hearing for John MacIver, who was appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis as chief judge of the Division of Administrative Hearings last fall. ...Read More | |||
