Workers' Compensation News
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Two Must Pay Restitution After Comp Fraud Convictions | 06/11/2019 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| An Ohio worker and a business owner were convicted and sentenced on workers’ compensation fraud charges, bringing to 38 the number of convictions the Bureau of Workers' Compensation has obtained so far this year, the bureau a...Read More | |||
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Temp Employee Can Proceed With Premises Liability Suit Against City | 06/10/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court last week ruled that a temporary employee can proceed with a premises liability suit against the municipality that had contracted for her services. ...Read More | |||
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Trial Begins for Clinic Owner Charged With Defrauding Federal Comp Program | 06/10/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The operator of several San Antonio-based physical therapy clinics went on trial Thursday, accused of defrauding the federal workers' compensation program out of millions of dollars. ...Read More | |||
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Trial Begins in Former Commissioner's Suit Against Ex-Governor | 06/05/2019 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Jury selection began Monday in a lawsuit brought by Iowa's former Workers' Compensation commissioner, alleging that the former Republican governor discriminated against him and slashed his salary because the commissioner is gay. ...Read More | |||
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Two Plead Guilty in $1.7 Million Federal Comp Scheme | 06/04/2019 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| For eight years, two Chicago women billed the federal workers' compensation program for round-the-clock care of an injured postal worker. Last week, the two admitted that they did not provide constant care and pleaded guilty to bilking the program out of $1.7 million. ...Read More | |||
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Tire Manufacturer Facing $507K Fine for Alleged Safety Violations | 05/31/2019 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A tire manufacturer and two contractors are facing a combined total of $523,895 in proposed fines after receiving 22 citations from federal safety regulators. ...Read More | |||
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Trade War Will Hit Comp Industry Hardest, Professor Says | 05/16/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 3 | Popular with Legal | |||
| President Trump's trade war with China will soon have a major impact on the U.S. economy and, if history is any guide, workers' compensation may be the hardest-hit segment of the insurance industry, an economist said this week. ...Read More | |||
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Ted Lieberman Joins MEMIC as Production Underwriter | 05/15/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workers’ compensation insurer the MEMIC Group has appointed Ted Lieberman as a production underwriter to focus on the company’s growth in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. ...Read More | |||
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Texas Mutual Approves $330 Million Policyholder Dividend | 05/10/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The board of directors of Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has approved a $330 million dividend distribution this year, an amount that is a company record. ...Read More | |||
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Therapist-Backed SB 537 Takes Aim at Provider Networks | 05/09/2019 | |
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| By: Eddie Curran (correspondent) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A wide-ranging bill sponsored by the California Physical Therapy Association marks the latest round in an ongoing war between members of the profession and the network administrators who reportedly employ numerous tactics to compel acceptance of lower fees and provision of less car...Read More | |||
