Workers' Compensation News
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State Adopts MCG's Disability Guidelines for Formulary | 10/24/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Department of Workers' Claims has adopted the official disability guidelines published by MCG Health, part of a monthslong effort to iron out regulations for a drug formulary and treatment guidelines required by legislation this year. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds State's Choice of Venue for Suit Against Opioid Makers | 10/23/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A divided Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that the location of a foreign corporation's registered agent is not relevant when determining the appropriate venue for a Consumer Protection Act suit. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Specifies Evidentiary Burdens in Firefighter Cancer Presumption Cases | 10/22/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week reduced the onerous burden of proof that the Commonwealth Court had placed on firefighters suffering from cancer who sought benefits for their illness. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Committee Approves COLA for Public Safety Officers | 10/22/2018 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would provide cost-of-living adjustments for public safety workers' permanent disability and death claims has passed a second state Senate committee and is on its way to the floor. ...Read More | |||
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Subcontractor's Failure to Secure Comp Coverage Defeats Claim for Payment for Services | 10/18/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a subcontractor’s failure to secure workers’ compensation insurance coverage for its employees was fatal to its claim for additional payment for its work. ...Read More | |||
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Stakeholders Say 6th-Place Cost Ranking Obscures Efficiency of System | 10/18/2018 | |
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| By: Eddie Curran (correspondent) | |||
| State: GA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Georgia workers’ comp administrators were put on the defensive by the latest workers’ comp premium cost survey by Oregon regulators, which showed the Peach State shooting from 27th...Read More | |||
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Scheme Billed State Insurance Programs $50M for Pain and Libido Creams | 10/18/2018 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Cedar Run, New Jersey, woman pleaded guilty this week to defrauding insurance programs by submitting false claims for compounded creams, pain medications and even libido drugs. ...Read More | |||
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SAIF Kicks Off Agricultural Safety Training | 10/17/2018 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon’s SAIF Corp. is launching its annual agricultural safety training program at the end of October with the first of 28 seminars that will run through March. ...Read More | |||
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School Bus Monitor Gets Benefits for Injuries From Being Jarred From Seat | 10/17/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a school bus monitor was entitled to benefits for her injuries from being jarred from her seat when the bus hit a bump in the road. ...Read More | |||
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Stakeholders Raise Questions About Volunteer Fire Departments' Self-Insurance | 10/16/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| When Pennsylvania lawmakers approved Act 46, setting up a cancer presumption for firefighters, many said they were doing the right thing for the brave men and women who put their lives on the line protecting people and property. ...Read More | |||
