Workers' Compensation News
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Turmoil at PatNat, Guarantee Insurance Has Ripple Effects | 12/04/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The financial meltdown at Patriot National and Guarantee Insurance Co. has left winners and losers in its wake. ...Read More | |||
| Two-Time Fraudster Adds Comp Fraud Conviction to Prison Woes | 12/04/2017 | ||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Cleveland garbage hauler and construction worker, who already is serving time in federal prison for money laundering and fraud, has added a felony workers’ compensation fraud conviction to his resume. ...Read More | |||
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Traveling Worker's Car Accident Occurred Within COE/SOE | 11/30/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals ruled that a traveling worker who suffered injuries in a car accident while returning from lunch was within the course and scope of his employment at the time. ...Read More | |||
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Travelers Introduces Digital Tool for Injured Workers | 11/30/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Travelers Cos. Inc. has launched a new digital tool to help injured workers navigate the workers’ compensation claim process. MyTravel...Read More | |||
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Tort Malpractice Claim Can Proceed Against Attorneys Who Didn't File Retaliation Claim | 11/28/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: KS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Even though an injured worker can’t sue the attorneys who allegedly mismanaged his wrongful discharge lawsuit for violating a contract, he can still sue them in tort, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals decided la...Read More | |||
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Town, Firefighter Disagree on Who Would Cover Medical Benefits for 9/11-Linked Claim | 11/28/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| At issue in a town’s dispute with a firefighter over a 9/11-linked workers’ compensation claim is who would be responsible for medical payments, Firehouse...Read More | |||
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Teenager Develops App to Keep Farmworkers Safe in Heat | 11/27/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Growing up in a multi-generational family of farmworkers in California’s Central Valley, 17-year-old Faith Florez knows the toll it takes to bring strawberries, almonds and grapes to the table. ...Read More | |||
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Tackle Concussion Symptoms Head-On, Specialist Advises | 11/22/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Concussion patients whose symptoms linger for more than a couple of weeks after their injury should be treated aggressively rather than through the traditional “watchful waiting” approach, a concussion specialist said. ...Read More | |||
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Task Force Releases Draft Opioid Guidelines | 11/21/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Nine months after it was formed, the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Opioid Task Force has issued draft rules that would limit daily dosages for acute pain to a 50 morphine equivalent dose (MED) and would cap initial prescriptions for non-surgical patients at five days. ...Read More | |||
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Tampa Electric Cited After Ammonia Leak That Hospitalized 4 Workers | 11/21/2017 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Tampa Electric Co. and a firm that provides security to the utility have been issued federal safety citations following an ammonia leak that sent four workers to the hospital. ...Read More | |||
