Workers' Compensation News
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Terms of Staffing Agency's Employee Contract Barred Personal Injury Suit Against Customer | 01/15/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that the terms of a staffing service employee’s agreement with his employer barred his suit against a client for work-related injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Texas Mutual Supports OIEC Recommendations on Deadlines, Medical Letters | 01/11/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co., the largest workers' compensation carrier in Texas, supports legislation recommended by the Office of Injured Employee Counsel, which would extend judicial review deadlines, from 45 to 90 days. ...Read More | |||
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Terms of Worker's Settlement Barred Claim for Additional Benefits | 01/10/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: VA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a public school employee could not demand additional benefits under the terms of the settlement she had entered for her injuries from a workplace accident. ...Read More | |||
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Two Years After Presumption Law, Muni Comp Costs Are Dropping | 01/07/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Three years ago, Ohio municipalities warned that a firefighters’ cancer presumption bill would burn a hole in their budgets as workers’ compensation premiums spiked because of claims that had never before been proven to be work-related. ...Read More | |||
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Task Force Calls for Multi-Pronged Treatment of Pain, Questions CDC Guidelines | 01/04/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal task force has released a draft report on opioids and pain management, recommending an individualized, multifaceted approach to treating pain as well as expanded insurance coverage for non-drug pain therapies. ...Read More | |||
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Toxicology Lab On Hook to Settle Kickback Allegations | 12/21/2018 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| A toxicology lab will have to pay anywhere from $180,000 to $1.8 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to obtain referrals from government health care programs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington state ...Read More | |||
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TDI Issues Data Call; Deadline Is Feb. 13 | 12/20/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a mandatory data call for all workers' compensation carriers for the department's annual report to the Legislature. ...Read More | |||
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TDI Adopts Rules on Captive Insurance Companies | 12/19/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In 2013, the Texas Legislature authorized captive insurance companies for the first time. In 2015, it expanded the types of companies that could form captives. In 2017, lawmakers tweaked the law with House Bill 1944 to align Texas regulatory oversight with that found in most other states. ...Read More | |||
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Two Worker Deaths Prompt $23K Fine for Demolition Company | 12/17/2018 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Missouri demolition company is facing proposed federal penalties of $23,280 after two workers fell six stories to their deaths at a St. Louis construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Temporary Staffing Co. Employee Can't Bring Negligence Suit Against Employer's Client | 12/17/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that the employee of a temporary staffing company could not bring a negligence suit against her employer’s customer for injuries she sustained while assigned to work at a manufacturing facility. ...Read More | |||
