Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Disbars Attorney for Collecting Illegal Fee in Comp Case, Other Misconduct | 08/03/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Supreme Court last week disbarred a law-professor-turned-solo-practitioner for 50 violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct, including the collection of an illegal fee in a workers' compensation matter. ...Read More | |||
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Suspended Insurance Commissioner Convicted on 37 Counts | 08/02/2021 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A jury last week convicted suspended Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck on 37 counts of fraud and money laundering, the Atlanta Journa...Read More | |||
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Study Finds State Policies Reduce Opioids, but Worker Advocates Bemoan Lack of Alternatives | 07/30/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A new study has found that drug monitoring programs and recently implemented policies limiting the period of initial prescriptions have reduced opioids in workers’ compensation, but injured worker advocates say the data doesn’t properly account for alternative treatments or workers wh...Read More | |||
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Some Things Change, Some Stay the Same Under Updated Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Rules | 07/29/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s COVID-19 workplace safety rules no longer require physical distancing for workers in most cases, but versions of many of Cal/OSHA’s temporary emergency standards adopted last year remain in effect, state safety of...Read More | |||
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Senator Reviewing Amendments That Would Narrow Apportionment Discrimination Bill | 07/27/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The author of a California bill that would ban workers’ comp apportionment based on race, gender and other protected attributes is reviewing proposed amendments that would limit the scope of the legislation, a spokesman for the lawmaker said Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Tosses Worker's Tort Suit Against University | 07/26/2021 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Louisiana appellate court ruled that a university was entitled to summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s suit for damages, since the school qualified as his statutory employer. ...Read More | |||
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Specialty Care Firm Paradigm Names New Senior VP | 07/26/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California-based specialty care management organization Paradigm has named Elizabeth Ulloa Lowry as its senior vice president of case management, the company announced in a news release. ...Read More | |||
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Substantial Evidence Does Not Support Board's Finding of 'Combined Condition' | 07/22/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that substantial evidence did not support the Workers’ Compensation Board’s find that a woman's L4-5 disc protrusion was part of a combined condition. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Filing Period for Firefighter Cancer Claims | 07/22/2021 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a cancer claim by a firefighter is controlled by a 600-week statute of limitations period, not the 300-week period generally applicable to occupational disease claims. ...Read More | |||
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Study: Higher Temperatures Lead to More Workplace Injuries, Inside and Outside | 07/19/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California employees are more likely to suffer on-the-job injuries during hot days, regardless of whether they work outside, according to a new University of Californ...Read More | |||
