Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Split Supreme Court Allows Worker to Pursue Civil Suit | 12/10/2019 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Alabama Supreme Court ruled that an ironworker can proceed with a tort action against his employer for injuries allegedly caused by the company's improper response to an accident. ...Read More | |||
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Ski and Ride School Workers Most at Risk on the Slopes | 12/06/2019 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| With an early start to Colorado's ski season, state-chartered Pinnacol Assurance reviewed its claims data and found ski and ride school workers were found most at risk of being injured on the slopes. ...Read More | |||
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Spinal Surgeon Sentenced to 30 Months in Kickback Case | 11/26/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Southern California surgeon who received at least $5 million in kickbacks for performing hundreds of spinal fusions at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Revives Injured Worker's Suit Against General Contractor | 11/26/2019 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Supreme Court ruled that a general contractor was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a negligence claim by a subcontractor’s injured employee. ...Read More | |||
| Supreme Court Demands Additional Factual Findings on Firefighter's Entitlement to Benefits | 11/25/2019 | ||
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| The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that additional findings were necessary to determine whether an injured firefighter was entitled to wage-loss benefits after he was removed from duty. ...Read More | |||
| State Worker Charged with Fraud | 11/25/2019 | ||
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| A worker for the Connecticut Department of Developmental Services is facing fraud charges for allegedly failing to report that she was working while receiving workers’ compensation benefits, according the Chief State’s Attorney announced. Andrea Acevedo, 34, was charged Thursd...Read More | |||
