Workers' Compensation News
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Three Sentenced for WC Fraud, Ordered to Pay Over $100K in Restitution
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06/09/2015
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Three people were sentenced in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas for committing various levels of workers’ compensation fraud and were ordered to pay over $100,000 in restitution combined, according to press releases from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s Specia...Read More
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Texas Mutual Board Approves $225 Million in Dividends for 2015
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06/02/2015
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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More than $225 million will be distributed to policyholders with Texas Mutual Insurance Co. this July, making the total dividends distributed since 2010 more than $1 billion, according to a press release from the company.
Last week, the company’s board of directors u...Read More
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Transfer of Oversight for Public Risk Pools Upheld by Finance Committee
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05/29/2015
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State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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An amendment made to the state budget that would change oversight of two public risk pools to the Insurance Department was upheld on Wednesday, but the Secretary of State’s Office is fighting to regain control, according to a report from the Associated Press.
The Secretary of State&...Read More
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Texas Proposes new Rule to Revise Travel Reimbursement Form
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05/20/2015
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Texas Department of Insurance is proposing a revision to the rules permitting an injured employee to request reimbursement for mileage traveled for medical treatments.
Currently, the form used to file for reimbursement is the DWC’s Form-048. The commission is proposing rev...Read More
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Three Charged with Conspiracy, Distribution of Controlled Substances
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05/19/2015
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State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Three health care workers were charged with 57 counts of conspiracy and helping each other distribute controlled substances outside of a professional practice, according to the Mississippi newspaper, the Sun Herald.
The doctor who owned the practice Total Health Solutions, Dr. Steve ...Read More
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Two Courts Find State not Liable to Inmate Injured while on Work Release
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05/12/2015
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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Courts in Louisiana and Nevada ruled last week that the Department of Corrections in each state could not be held liable to inmates who suffered injuries while participating in work release programs.
But while the Nevada Supreme Court concluded that the comp carrier for the entity using J...Read More
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Two Plead Not Guilty to $615K WC Fraud Charge
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05/11/2015
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State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Two people who were charged with workers’ compensation fraud after "essentially" stealing nearly $615,000 in insurance money pleaded not guilty during their arraignment last week, according to the Milford Daily News’ website, Wicked Local.
Between 2008 and 201...Read More
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Three new Lawyers Added to Insurance Litigation Firm
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05/07/2015
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State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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South Carolina law firm Turner Padget Graham & Laney has added three new lawyers to its firm, making a total of five new hires in its offices since this January, according to the firm.
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Two Workers' Comp Judges set to Retire this Summer
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05/07/2015
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State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Three Rhode Island judges are looking to retire this summer, including two workers’ compensation court judges, all of whom are expecting to draw over $550,000 combined out of pensions, according to the Providence Journal.
Superior Court Judge Edward C. Clifton, Workers&rs...Read More
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