Workers' Compensation News
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The Hanover Net Income Jumps 55% in 2nd Quarter
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08/04/2014
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Hanover Insurance Group reported Friday net income of $82.6 million for the second quarter of 2014, a 55% increase from the $53.4 million in profits the carrier reported for the same quarter of 2013.
"We are encouraged by the positive momentum shift in personal lines, where net w...Read More
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Tonawanda Coke, Kirchner LLC Face $161,100 in Fines after Coke Plant Explosion
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08/04/2014
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Tonawanda Coke Corp. and Kirchner LLC face a total of $161,100 in federal fines following a Jan. 31 explosion that injured three workers at a plant in Tonawanda, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced.
The explosion, caused by an over-pressurized coke oven manifold, c...Read More
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Trial Judge Approves BWC's $420 Settlement Agreement to End Class Action
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07/30/2014
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Cuyahoga County Judge Richard McMonagle has approved the $420 million settlement agreement announced last week in a long-running class-action lawsuit against the state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation.
McMonagle was the trial court judge that ruled after a 2012 trial that the BWC had...Read More
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Two States Seek Names of Patients of Pain Clinic Caught Reusing Syringes
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07/23/2014
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State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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More than eight months after a case of bacterial meningitis triggered an investigation of a pain management clinic five miles south of Wheeling, health officials in West Virginia and Ohio are urging the clinic’s former patients to get tested for bloodborne infections.
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TV Ads Target Kasich in Bid to Get BWC to Drop Its Appeal
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07/22/2014
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The long-running legal battle over roughly $860 million that trial and appellate courts say the state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation owes to thousands of businesses has become an issue in Gov. John Kasich’s re-election campaign, the Toledo Blade newspaper reported.
While the ...Read More
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Travelers Sues NFL over Duty to Defend against Drug-Use Suit
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07/18/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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A New York state court judge is being asked to decide whether the Travelers Insurance Co. should be on the hook for defending the National Football League from a pending federal action in California by a group of former athletes who claim the league's promotion of their use of painkillers and...Read More
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Teacher Files Comp Claim after Breaking up Fight with Broom
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07/11/2014
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State: MI | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Detroit high school teacher who was thrust into the national spotlight when a video of her using a broom to break up a fight between students hit the internet has filed a workers' compensation claim asserting that she is too traumatized to return to duty.While ...Read More
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