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Workers' Compensation News

 
Trial Court Says Statutory Cap on PPD Damages for Undocumented Workers Is Unconstitutional 04/02/2015
By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
A Davidson County Chancery Court judge ruled last week that a Tennessee law passed in 2009 to limit workers' compensation benefits for undocumented workers injured on the job is unconstitutional. Tennessee Code Annotated ...Read More
 
 

Tighter Heat-Illness Prevention Regulations soon to Take Effect 03/31/2015
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Transportation Broker Qualified as injured Driver's statutory Employer 03/31/2015
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a transportation broker that hired an uninsured company to make a delivery for its client could be held liable for the workers' compensation benefits payable to the delivery company's injured driver. Case: Atiapo v. Goree Logistics, N...Read More
 
 
Temp Agency Owner Sentenced to 80 Months; Alzheimer's Plea Backfires 03/26/2015
State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A U.S. District judge in Massachusetts sentenced the co-owner of a Lowell temporary employment agency to six years, eight months in prison for hiding more than $25 million in wages to avoid payroll taxes and workers' compensation premiums. U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf also sentenc...Read More
 
 
Two Roofing Co. Owners Charged with Underreporting Payroll to Avoid WC Premium 03/26/2015
State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
An investigation by the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office led to the arrest of two Milford business owners for allegedly submitting inaccurate payroll reports to avoid workers' compensation premiums. Prosecutors charged 31-year-old Segundo Nicolas Muyubisnay Cungachi with fi...Read More
 
 
TDI Adopts Revised Classification Relativities 03/25/2015
Source: Texas Department of Insurance
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Texas Insurance Commissioner David Mattax has adopted revised workers’ compensation classification relativities effective July 1, 2015, the Texas Department of Insurance announced in a commissioner’s bulletin. In Commissioner’s Order No. 3848, Mattax decreased the classi...Read More
 
 
Towers Watson: Commercial P&C Carriers Disagree on Usefulness of Predictive Analytics 03/20/2015
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
While personal line insurers mostly agree on the importance of predictive analytics, commercial carriers in the property and casualty sphere do not, according to a survey from Towers Watson. According to a Thursday ...Read More
 
 
Tulsa Woman Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud 03/20/2015
Source: Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General
State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A Tulsa woman accused of lying about a previous injury has pleaded guilty to one count of felony workers’ compensation fraud, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s office announced in a release. Rachel Williams, 30, was charged after filing a workers’ compensation cla...Read More
 
 
Tulsa County Man Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud, Receives deferred Sentence 03/19/2015
Source: Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General
State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A Tulsa County, Oklahoma, man has pleaded guilty to two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud, state Attorney General Scott Pruitt announced in a release. Joseph Max Hutton, 20, said he was struck by a vehicle driven by a coworker while working for a car dealership in June 20...Read More
 
 

Towers Watson: P&C Price Increases Continued to Shrink in Q4 03/18/2015
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
Pricing for property and casualty insurance increased at a slower pace in the fourth quarter of 2014 than it has since the third quarter of 2011, according to a report from Towers Watson. ...Read More
 
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