Workers' Compensation News
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Safety Violations Could Trigger Exclusive Remedy Exception in Wrongful Death Case | 12/24/2019 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Exclusively remedy doesn’t apply when an employer "consciously disregarded information suggesting a significant risk" in the workplace, a divided Idaho Supreme Court said last week when reviving a wrongful death claim it dismissed one year earlier. ...Read More | |||
| Study Highlights Talent Shortage and Need for Advocacy Based Training | 12/23/2019 | ||
| By: Tonika Reed (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In Rising Medical Solutions’ seventh annual Workers’ Compensation Benchmarking Study researchers exploring claims operational issues from the perspective of claims processors uncovered matters regarding the ongoing threat of a talent shortage. ...Read More | |||
| Statements in Worker's Exit Interview Form Can't Establish Her Termination for Misconduct | 12/23/2019 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that a judge of compensation claims should not have admitted the exit interview paperwork for an injured employee to establish she had been fired for misconduct. Case: Hauser v. Goodwill Industries of SW Florida Inc., No....Read More | |||
| State Approves 10.7% Loss Cost Decrease for 2020 | 12/23/2019 | ||
| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Corporation Commission has approved an overall loss cost decrease of 10.7% for the voluntary market and an 8.4% decrease for the assigned-risk market, effective April 1. The National Council on Compensation Insurance recommended the reductions in July, and a public hearing wa...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Review of 2 Workers' Comp Cases | 12/20/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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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| By: Tonika Reed (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Missouri state Rep. Wes Rogers joined BG Law as workers’ compensation attorney of counsel, the firm announced. ...Read More | |||
