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Workers' Compensation News

 
Teacher's Injuries from Bus Crash in Africa Not Compensable 09/05/2013
By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
A teacher who suffered serious injuries in a bus accident while participating in a program that sends teachers to underprivileged African nations was barred from recovering workers' compensation benefits because of her status as a volunteer, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled. ...Read More
 
 
TDI Seeking Feedback on Informal Rules Proposal for Captives 09/04/2013
State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Texas Department of Insurance wants feedback on an informal rule proposal that would govern the state's new pure captive insurance market. The agency proposed the rules in respons...Read More
 
 
Trade Group Says FSB's Approach Not Suitable for U.S. Insurers 09/03/2013
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
By David Dankwa, Senior ReporterThe nation's largest property and casualty insurance trade organization is pouring cold water on the Financial Stability Board’s latest review of the U.S. financial regulatory system, in particular its analysis of how insurers ought to be regulat...Read More
 
 
TDI Warns Some Applications Will Be Unavailable this Weekend 08/22/2013
State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Texas Department of Insurance warned that a number of online applications will be unavailable this weekend due to scheduled maintenance.The agency said that users will be unable to use eight of its applications due to scheduled maintenance. The outage will begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday...Read More
 
 
Travelers: Employers Report More Injuries in August 08/22/2013
State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
Texas employers reported more workers' compensation claims in August than in any other month, according to Travelers Insurance's analysis of its workers' compensation claims during 2011 and 2012."Employees are the backbone of any successful company, so it is important that em...Read More
 
 
TSA Cited for Hazards at Logan International Airport 08/22/2013
State: MA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued 14 notices of unsafe or unhealthy working conditions to the Transportation Security Administration following a Feb. 6 inspection of TSA operations at Boston's Logan International Airport.Brenda Gordon, OSHA's area ...Read More
 
 
Time Ran out for Claimant who Delayed Carpal Tunnel Treatment 08/16/2013
By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
State: MS | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The two-year statute of limitations on a claim for carpal tunnel syndrome began to run when the claimant received a second opinion from a specialist that her injury was likely work related, not when she received final test results confirming the diagnosis, the Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled....Read More
 
 
TMIC, Brokers Attribute Premium Growth to Economic Uptick 08/09/2013
State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
By John P. Kamin, ReporterTexas Mutual Insurance Co.'s dominant hold on the state's workers' compensation market grew by 3.3% last year as all carriers collected the highest amount of Texas premium since 2008....Read More
 
 
Toledo MMA Instructor Pleads Guilty to Double-Dipping Charge 08/08/2013
State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
A Toledo man has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of workers' compensation fraud on Tuesday, according to a report from the Toledo Blade newspaper.Bobby Morgan, Sr., 44, pleaded guilty to a first-degree misdemeanor count of workers' compensation fraud, after originally being...Read More
 
 
Three More Convicted in Long Island Rail Road Disability Scheme 08/08/2013
State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
A board-certified orthopedist and two "disability consultants" were convicted on Tuesday in connection with a scheme to defraud New York's Long Island Rail Road by workers who filed false disability claims to supplement their benefits from early retirement.U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara...Read More
 
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