Workers' Compensation News
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Trucking Co. Owner Charged With 816 Counts of Failure to Carry Comp Insurance | 06/22/2017 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A State College-area trucking company owner has been charged with 816 felony counts of failure to obtain workers' compensation coverage for his alleged failure to carry insurance for Robinson Trucking from June 2012 to June 2014, ...Read More | |||
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Temporarily Uninsured Employer Not Subject to Civil Suit by Employee | 06/12/2017 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: MI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In a case of first impression, the Michigan Court of Appeals last week ruled that an employer could avoid civil liability for a worker’s on-the-job accident after its comp insurance was canceled, by making a late payment to get coverage retroactively reinstated. ...Read More | |||
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Third Person Sentenced for Involvement in Health Care Fraud Ring | 06/01/2017 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A 35-year-old Duncan woman was sentenced Tuesday to 14 months in prison and ordered to pay $2.8 million in restitution in connection with a health care fraud ring. ...Read More | |||
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Two Claimants' Lawyers Nominated to Workers' Compensation Court | 06/01/2017 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Chris Christie has nominated two claimants’ attorneys to the state Workers’ Compensation Court. ...Read More | |||
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Two Claimants' Attorneys Say Grand Bargain Unraveling | 05/30/2017 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The grand bargain that is workers’ compensation is failing in Pennsylvania, according to a pair of Philadelphia claimants’ attorneys. ...Read More | |||
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Two Companies Earn Lone Star Safety Awards | 05/26/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Division of Workers’ Compensation has recognized two East Texas companies for exemplary workplace safety programs, and low rates of work-related injuries and illnesses. ...Read More | |||
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Trial Judge Couldn't Authorize Withholdings From Worker's Arbitration Award | 05/25/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a trial judge could not authorize an employer to take federal withholdings from the amount that an arbitrator awarded to a worker for his lost wages, and that the worker should not have been subjected to sanctions for protesting the withholdings. ...Read More | |||
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Thomas Warden Joins Employers as SVP and Chief Data Officer | 05/23/2017 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Employers, a provider of workers’ comp insurance to small businesses, has hired Thomas Warden to serve as senior vice president and chief data and analytics officer. ...Read More | |||
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TDI Will Host Conferences in September and October | 05/19/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Workers’ Compensation Education Conference will be held Sept. 11-12 in Georgetown and then again Oct. 12-13 in the Dallas area. ...Read More | |||
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Tortfeasor's Liability for Damages Can Be Offset to Account for Plaintiff's Comp Benefits | 05/18/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s comp benefits from a 2002 injury could be used to offset the amount she could recover as damages from a 2010 bus accident. ...Read More | |||
