Workers' Compensation News
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Truck Drivers Protest Independent Contractor Status
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07/10/2014
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State: GA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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About three dozen truck drivers staged a protest on Tuesday at the Port of Savannah because of their status as independent contractors, according to a local news report.The truck drivers say their status deprives them of workers’ compensation benefits and prevents them from negotia...Read More
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TDI: Combined Denial/Dispute Rates Don't Tell Whole Story
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07/09/2014
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Joey BerlinSouthern Bureau ChiefAre nearly half of all workers’ compensation claims in Texas either initially denied outright or disputed in some fashion?Technically, statistics show the answer is ...Read More
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Tow Driver Ordered to Pay Restitution for Double Dipping
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07/09/2014
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A county court has ordered a Logan, Ohio, man to pay the Bureau of Workers' Compensation $2,376 for receiving injury benefits while working.Shannon Rager knowingly received benefits from the BWC but took on work as a tow truck driver and mechanic, according to a ...Read More
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Teague Campbell Poaches 3 from Competing Defense Firm
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07/09/2014
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NC | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Teague Campbell has added three attorneys to its Raleigh, North Carolina, office starting July 3, all of them previous employees of Wilson Jones Carter & Baxley, the law firm announced in a press release.Scott Farwell has been practicing since 2006 and currently focuses exclusively o...Read More
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Two Former Pill Mill Owners Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
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06/30/2014
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State: GA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Two owners of an Atlanta "pill mill" have been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for feeding a stream of prescription painkillers to addicts.Jason Cole Votrobek and Roland Rafael Castellanos, who owned the Atlanta Medical Group, pulled in millions of dollars du...Read More
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Texas Formulary Could Reduce Costs in other States, WCRI Finds
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06/27/2014
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Medical
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By Joey BerlinSouthern Bureau ChiefThe results of a Workers Compensation Research Institute study suggest that a closed pharmacy formulary similar to the one implemented in Texas could reduce the prevalence and costs o...Read More
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Touby to be Welcomed as Chair of Advisory Committee
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06/27/2014
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Florida Bar's Workers’ Compensation Advisory Committee will welcome committee member Mark Touby as its incoming chair at its meeting Monday morning, according to the meeting agenda. Touby, an attorney with Touby, Chait & Sicking PL, practices in the areas of workers&rsq...Read More
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Tax Service Franchiser Charged with Workers' Compensation Fraud
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06/23/2014
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State: CT | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A West Hartford man has been arraigned on charges of illegally collecting $11,600 in workers’ compensation benefits and failing to carry workers’ compensation coverage for his employees, The Hartford Courant reported.Maninder Arora, 47, was charged with w...Read More
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TDI Publishes Proposed Change to NCCI Stat Plan
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06/16/2014
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Texas Department of Insurance has published in the Texas Register notice of its intent to adopt the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s Statistical Plan for Workers’ Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance, with Texas exceptions.The TDI’s proposed ac...Read More
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TDI Schedules Hearing to Take Action on NCCI Stat Plan
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06/11/2014
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Texas Department of Insurance has scheduled a hearing for June 25 regarding its petition for adoption of the National Council on Compensation Insurance Statistical Plan for Workers Compensation and Employers Liability, with Texas exceptions.The action hearing has been scheduled for 9...Read More
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