Workers' Compensation News
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Texas Mutual Reports Contractor Indicted on Fraud Charges
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03/18/2011
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Media
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Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported Thursday that a Travis County grand jury has indicted Howard Douglas Whiddon of Dripping Springs and his Austin business, Whiddon Masonry and Stucco, Inc., on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges.Whiddon Masonry and Stucco was in the mason...Read More
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Travel Expense Bill Passes Committee
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03/15/2011
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0
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A bill that would limit travel reimbursement for employees and officers at state-chartered agencies, including Pinnacol Assurance, moved to the full House for debate last week. The House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee voted Thursday to advance the bill, which was introduc...Read More
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Texas Mutual Pays 3 Groups Combined Dividends of $328,641
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03/11/2011
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
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Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced Thursday that it has distributed a combined $328,641 in dividends among three purchasing groups.The dividends are based largely on each group’s overall loss ratio, Texas Mutual said.The Texas Lodging Group earned its first dividend f...Read More
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Two Claimants Bypass Exclusive Remedy in Civil Suits
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03/10/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0
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Despite workers' compensation immunity, a jury awarded a migrant worker $16.5 million in damages for a work-site injury because of the employer's egregious negligence, the Friedman, Rodman & Frank personal injury law firm in Miami said in a press release Wednesday.In the mean...Read More
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Termination Justified Large Award Increase, Court Rules
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03/10/2011
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State: TN | Segment: EAST | 0
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A worker is entitled to a much larger permanent disability award because his termination justified reconsideration of his settlement, a Tennessee appellate court ruled. Case: Devereux v. United Parcel Service, Inc., No. M2010-00710-WC-R3-WC, 3/8/11. Published.Facts: Michael D...Read More
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Termination Justified Large Award Increase, Court Rules
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03/10/2011
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State: TN | Segment: EAST | 0
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A worker is entitled to a much larger permanent disability award because his termination justified reconsideration of his settlement, a Tennessee appellate court ruled. Case: Devereux v. United Parcel Service, Inc., No. M2010-00710-WC-R3-WC, 3/8/11. Published.Facts: Michael D...Read More
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Texas Mutual Promotes Jeanette Ward to Senior Claims VP
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03/08/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
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Texas Mutual Insurance Co. said Monday it has promoted Jeanette Ward to senior vice president of claims.Ward was previously vice president of claim and information services. In her new position, she will oversee claim quality and compliance, network and medical operations, and claim oper...Read More
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Three Plead Guilty to Not Having Comp Coverage
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03/07/2011
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Two Monterey County, Calif., tire shop owners and a painting contractor pleaded guilty to charges of failure to secure workers’ compensation insurance and failure to withhold and pay payroll taxes last week, District Attorney Dean D. Flippo's office announced Friday.Esteban Cru...Read More
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Tampa Clinic Owners Arrested for Noncompliance
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03/07/2011
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0
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Investigators for the Florida Department of Financial Services shut down three Tampa medical clinics last week and filed felony charges against their owners for failing to maintain workers' compensation coverage, the St. Petersburg Times reported Friday.The newspaper said state regul...Read More
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Transparency Bill Clears Senate
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03/07/2011
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0
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The Washington state Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would require the state to publish in rate notices all programs and services that are funded through money from its workers’ compensation system. Sen. Janea Holmquist Newbry, R-Moses Lake, introduced Substitute Senate Bi...Read More
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