Workers' Compensation News
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Two Traverse City Law Firms Merge, Plan to Practice Workers' Compensation
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09/11/2014
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State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Two northwestern Michigan law firms have merged to form a new company with attorneys practicing in a variety of areas, including workers' compensation.
Kuhn, Darling, Boyd and Quandt and Calcutt, Rogers and Boynton, both based in Traverse City, announced the merger and creation o...Read More
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Temp Employee Working at Columbia University Can't Sue School in Tort
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09/09/2014
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A coat checker working at Columbia University through a staffing agency could not assert a viable tort claim against the school based on a workplace fall since it qualified as her special employer and she had already received workers' compensation benefits from her direct employer, a New York...Read More
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Tower MSA Partners Appoints Head of Review and Intervention Services
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09/09/2014
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Source: Tower MSA Partners
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Tower MSA Partners has selected a new leader to oversee its pre-Medicare set-aside review and intervention services.
The Delray Beach, Florida, company tapped Holly Neary as director of clinical operations, according to a Monday ...Read More
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Tower Group Failure Would be Largest Insurer Insolvency on Record
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09/04/2014
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A.M. Best's decision last week to downgrade the ratings of Tower Group International's U.S. subsidiaries to junk-bond levels is the latest in a string of bad news for the carrier that includes a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation, a delisting threat by the Nadsaq stock excha...Read More
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Thirteen Uninsured Businesses Caught in Outreach Effort
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08/29/2014
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The California Department of Insurance found 13 businesses operating without workers’ compensation insurance during what it described as both a statewide, multi-agency outreach effort and a sweep.
The Insurance Department and enforcement teams from five different state agencies &ldq...Read More
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Trenching Hazard Brings Contractor $44K in OSHA Penalties
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08/28/2014
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State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration is proposing $44,660 in penalties against an Illinois contractor after inspectors spotted two employees working in a 25-foot-deep trench without adequate cave-in protection.
DiMeo Brothers, headquartered in Elk Grove Village, was awar...Read More
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Two Workers Injured at same Facility, OSHA Fines Co. $45,500
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08/25/2014
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A northwest Ohio telecommunication pole manufacturer received $45,500 in fines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration after two employee injuries at the facility prompted an inspection.
The administration cited FWT for one serious and one repeat violation, both for not pro...Read More
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Trucking Firm Must Pay $262K Restitution for Firing Drivers
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08/21/2014
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State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A North Carolina trucking firm will pay $262,500 in back pay and damages for terminating four employees who participated in a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration inspection audit, under a settlement agreement announced by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
In ...Read More
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Towers Watson Appoints Risk Consulting and Software Leader
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08/20/2014
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State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Towers Watson has appointed Eric Speer as global leader for the company’s risk consulting and software business, effective Sept. 1, 2014.
Speer will be based in Towers Watson’s Stamford, Connecticut, office.
Speer has held a number of senior positions during his 25 yea...Read More
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