Workers' Compensation News
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Unlicensed Agent Pleads Guilty to Diverting Premiums for Personal Use
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01/27/2015
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Monterey County District Attorney's Office announced that an unlicensed insurance agent who pocketed premiums for workers' compensation and auto policies sold in California pleaded guilty to two counts of theft of funds and one count of identity theft.
Ernie Morris, 45, of Mar...Read More
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Unsafe Production Standards, Kickbacks Checker Past of some Repackagers
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01/21/2015
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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Some of the companies supplying novel dosages of prescription drugs that medical providers in California and Illinois are increasingly dispensing to patients include firms that have paid tens or hundreds of millions of dollars to settle criminal allegations, and others that have been accused by t...Read More
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Uninsured Trucking Co. Owner Pleads Guilty to 293 Counts
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01/15/2015
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The owner of a Montana trucking company pleaded guilty to one felony and 292 misdemeanor counts for operating without insurance from June 2011 to June 2013, according to a report by the Helena Independent Record.
Christopher L. Blount, 53, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to a single felony coun...Read More
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Uninsured Garbage Company Fined $76,164
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12/30/2014
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A small garbage collection company was ordered to pay $76,164 plus interest, costs and fees for not carrying workers' compensation insurance, according to a report by the East Oregonian.
Pilot Rock Sanitation operated without work comp coverage from July 1, 2011, to June 26, 2012, and...Read More
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Updated Fee Schedule Will Reduce already Low Prices for Medical Providers
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12/22/2014
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State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Michigan health care providers who treat injured workers will see a reduction in maximum fees effective Dec. 26, in a state where medical costs already ranked the lowest among 16 states studied in a benchmark study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
The Workers' Compensat...Read More
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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Review of 9th Cir. Misclassification Ruling
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12/16/2014
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Supreme Court will not be weighing in on a dispute over whether a Georgia-based logistics company has been misclassifying its retail store delivery drivers as independent contractors when they were employees.
This distinction matters, because employees are protected by a wide arr...Read More
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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Review of Sierra Chemical v. Salas
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12/09/2014
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The United States Supreme Court will not review a California Supreme Court decision allowing an allegedly undocumented worker to sue his former employer for its refusal to rehire him after he got hurt on the job.
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