Workers' Compensation News
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Tulsa Mayor: City Workplace Injuries Nearly Cut in Half
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04/28/2014
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State: OK | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Tulsa Mayor Dewey F. Bartlett Jr. said at a news conference Thursday that the city had significantly reduced its workplace injuries since 2010.While updating reporters on the year-old City Safety Transformation Program, Bartlett said the city had made “terrific improvements” ...Read More
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Three Carriers Have Approval of Policies for New Opt-Out
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04/25/2014
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State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Joey BerlinSouthern Bureau ChiefAs of Thursday, three insurance carriers have secured approval for policies to fit Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation opt-out, according to Workers’ Compensation Di...Read More
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Trench Collapse Leads to $46K in Fines against Minn. Firm
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04/23/2014
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: ND | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed $46,200 in fines against a Minnesota firm and placed it in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program after an employee's leg was broken when a trench wall collapsed while he was installing sewer lines in Mapleton, N.D....Read More
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Travelers Quarterly Net Income Up 17% from Prior Quarter
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04/23/2014
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Travelers Cos. Inc. reported both net and operating income of $1.052 billion for the quarter ended March 31, up 17% and 19% from the prior year quarter.Net income for the prior year quarter was $896 million, and operating income was $887 million....Read More
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TDI Adopts Research Agenda for FY 2014
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04/22/2014
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Texas Insurance Commissioner Julia Rathgeber has signed the order adopting the state Workers’ Compensation Research and Evaluation Group’s research agenda for fiscal year 2014.The research agenda includes seven projects:1. Completion and publication of the eighth ...Read More
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Time Running Out for RBRVS, Opioid Bills
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04/21/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: AK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Alaska House of Representatives last week passed bills that would adopt Medicare’s Resource Based Relative Value Scale and prohibit physicians from prescribing more than a 30-day supply of opioids, but the action may have come too late for the bills to move through the Senate before the en...Read More
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TDI Releases Adopted Rules on Captives
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04/21/2014
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Texas Department of Insurance has published its new rules with regard to captive insurers, which don’t set any regulations on the insuring company’s deductible.According to an adopted rule in Section 964.051, a captive insurance company can issue a contractual reimburseme...Read More
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TIG Seeks to Declaratory Judgment on Duty to Defend NHL
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04/21/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The liability carrier for the National Hockey League is seeking a declaratory judgment limiting its duty to defend the league from two pending concussion injury lawsuits by former players.Both lawsuits seek certification as class actions against the NHL for allegedly...Read More
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Two Attorneys Join Leitner Firm
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04/18/2014
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State: TN | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with State agency
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Two attorneys joined the Knoxville, Tenn. office of Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan this month. Both Charles G. Hoey and Dana S. Dalton join the firm as "of counsel."Hoey has been litigating and mediating insurance defense claims since his legal career began in 1989. His practi...Read More
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Trucking Co. Owner Sentenced to 300 Days, Must Pay Restitution
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04/14/2014
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The owner of a California trucking company was sentenced to 300 days in jail and ordered to pay at least $351,516.31 in restitution and $60,000 in fines after being convicted of fraud and tax evasion charges.Ricardo Casillas of Salinas was convicted of one count of making a material misr...Read More
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