Workers' Compensation News
Truck Driver Not Entitled to PTD Benefits From 2nd Injury Fund | 09/23/2021 | ||
State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a denial of permanent total disability benefits from the Second Injury Fund to a truck driver. Case: ...Read More | |||
TSA Officer to Serve 366 Days for Stealing Comp Benefits | 09/10/2021 | ||
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office in South Carolina announced that a former Transportation Security Administration officer was sentenced to 366 days in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $150,000 in workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
Terms of Release Signed by Worker Bar Suit Over Alleged Fall From Ladder | 08/31/2021 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant was entitled to dismissal of an injured worker’s suit pursuant to a release the worker signed after an alleged fall at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
TDI Issues Bulletin on UR Determinations for Experimental, Investigational Services | 08/31/2021 | ||
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Adverse determinations and workers’ compensation utilization review decisions based on experimental or investigational health care services are subject to UR requirements in state law, the Texas Department of Insurance said in a bulletin issued Monday. ...Read More | |||
TDI Posts Bulletin of Enacted Comp Bills | 08/13/2021 | ||
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Texas Department of Insurance posted a bulletin describing workers’ compensation bills enacted during the 2021 session, including measures that created a presumption that COVID-19 is compensable and allow the Division of Workers’ Compensation to schedule remote benefit review conf...Read More | |||
Teague Campbell Hosting Webinar on Work-From-Home Injuries | 08/10/2021 | ||
State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
North Carolina workers’ compensation defense firm Teague Campbell is hosting a webinar on Aug. 18 exploring the compensability of injuries people suffer while working from home. ...Read More | |||
Teacher Ordered to Pay Nearly $9,000 After Pleading No Contest to Fraud | 07/30/2021 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A California teacher was ordered to pay nearly $9,000 in restitution after pleading no contest to a fraud charge for participating in a marathon a month after reporting a back injury that prevented her from working, according to PROBE, a division of VRC Investigations. ...Read More | |||
Temp Worker Gets Tort Suit Reinstated Against Employer's Client | 07/21/2021 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A New York appellate court reinstated a temporary employee’s claim against his employer’s client for injuries. Case: Tay...Read More | |||
Third Coast Underwriters Names Senior Business Development Consultant | 07/21/2021 | ||
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Workers’ compensation carriers Third Coast Underwriters announced the hiring of Dennis Kline as senior business development consultant in Florida. ...Read More | |||
Trial Starts for Suspended Insurance Commissioner | 07/15/2021 | ||
State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The trial of Jim Beck kicked off Tuesday with prosecutors arguing that the suspended Georgia insurance commissioner ran a $2 million scheme that defrauded a high-risk property insurance association, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||