Workers' Compensation News
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USCA 9th: WC Exclusive for Injury from Psych
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04/21/2003
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State: Natl. | Segment: Top | 0
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The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the exclusive remedy of the Federal Employee's Compensation Act
(FECA), ruling Friday that psychological injury accompanied by physical injury, regardless of the
order in which they occur, falls within the scope of the Federal Employees'
Compensation A...Read More
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USCA 7th: Docs Need not 'Testify' for Fees
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04/21/2003
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State: Natl. | Segment: Top | 0
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The 7th Circuit of the US Court of Appeals ruled Friday that an Administrative Law Judge properly found that claimant was entitled to
an irrebuttable presumption of pneumoconiosis, and benefits under the
Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA) and that the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
se...Read More
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USCA 4th: No Settlement of Black Lung Permitted
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04/21/2003
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State: Natl. | Segment: Top | 0
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The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals held last week that The Black Lung Benefits Act forbids
the settlement of claims for black lung benefits making a
settlement between claimant and his former employer invalid.In
Ramey v. Dir., Office Of Workers' Comp. Programs (04/14/03 - No.
02-1630...Read More
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USCA 4th Finds Substantial Evidence in LHWCA
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04/21/2003
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State: Natl. | Segment: Top | 0
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A slew of cases issued from the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th District last week, all holding that Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co failed to satisfy the Contribution element of a claim under
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act section 8(f), seeking
limitation of pay...Read More
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UT Resident Convicted for Fraud, Working on TD
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04/18/2003
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State: Natl. | Segment: Top | 0
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Blake Winward, a 45 year-old Cache County Resident, has been convicted of workers' compensation insurance fraud, a third degree felony, says Utah’s Workers Compensation Fund (WCF). Winward was sentenced to an indeterminate term, not to exceed five years, in the Utah State Prison, however the sente...Read More
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US Healthworks Settles Fraud Charges in CA
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04/16/2003
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State: Natl. | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Medical
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Following an investigation into alleged unfair business practices due to the failure to send Doctor's First Report of Injury to workers' compensation insurance carriers, U.S. Healthworks and Alternative Solutions, Inc., the largest industrial medical provider in California, without admitting liabili...Read More
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UMI's Graham Named Trustee of NoEast Utilities
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04/15/2003
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State: Natl. | Segment: Top | 0
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The Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU) Board of Trustees today announced the recent election of John G. Graham as a new Trustee.
Graham is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of UMI Insurance Company and UMICO Holdings, Inc., of Parsippany, New Jersey - a utility-ow...Read More
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UFCW CN Opens Ag Workers Support Center
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04/04/2003
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State: Natl. | Segment: Top | 0
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The United Food and Commercial Workers, Canada, will celebrate the opening of Migrant Agricultural Workers Support Centre on April 6, 2003 at 31 Elliot Street, Leamington ON. The event starts at 1:00 p.m. with a barbeque starting at 2:30 p.m. The official opening will take place at 1:00 p.m....Read More
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Utah Fund Safety Seminar Schedule
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04/01/2003
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State: Natl. | Segment: Top | 0
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Utah's Workers Compensation Fund (WCF) will host six safety seminars for Utah employers in April. Scheduled courses include construction safety, return-to-work, welding safety, confined space entry, safety for the food service industry and developing safety training.
The best way to contro...Read More
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US Steel Settles $250M Asbestos Jury Verdict
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04/01/2003
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State: Natl. | Segment: Top | 0
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AP reports that on Sunday U.S. Steel has settled an asbestos lawsuit that it says should have been a workers' compensation case in the first place.70-year-old Roby Whittington of Gary, Ind., sued the company for cancer related asbestosis incurred as a result of his employment with the firm f...Read More
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