Workers' Compensation News
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Unsafe Cleaning Instructions Didn't Amount to Gross Negligence
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10/24/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: IA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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An employer's instructions to clean a machine while it was turning, despite a warning to the contrary in the machine's operating manual, did not constitute "wanton neglect" that would allow an injured worker to escape exclusive remedy and sue his supervisors, the Iowa Court of Appeals ruled ...Read More
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Union Vows Fight over Comp Overhaul
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10/24/2011
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State: ME | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Maine AFL-CIO is vowing to fight proposed legislation that would make 19 changes to the state workers' compensation law, The Portland Press Herald reported on Friday.The newspaper said AFL-CIO Executive Director Matt Schlobohm and Jim Case, an attorney for the union, met with 150...Read More
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Unemployment Benefits Not to be Counted in Wage Calculations
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10/14/2011
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State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Workers cannot use unemployment compensation benefits to increase their average weekly wage calculations under Pennsylvania law, according to a published decision issued on Thursday by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.Claimant Jeffrey Lenzi, who was injured while employed by Victor...Read More
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Union Questions Timing of State Fund Layoff Announcement
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10/13/2011
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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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The union representing 5,500 California State Compensation Insurance Fund employees questioned why the carrier didn't announce plans to lay off up to 1,800 employees as part of its plans to consolidate offices.Margarita Maldonado, Service Employees International Union Local 1000 vice...Read More
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USG Insurance Hires 2 Producers in Tampa
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10/10/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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USG Insurance Services announced the additions of Drake Burger and Steve Page as producers based in the Tampa, Fla., office.The national wholesaler and managing general agent said Burger most recently held the position of underwriter with Westrope Insurance Managers of Florida. Burger&rs...Read More
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Updated Electronic Exchange Standards to Take Effect Jan. 1
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10/04/2011
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State: MN | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry announced on Monday that the Minnesota Department of Health has issued an update on the standards required for electronic health transactions in workers' compensation, effective Jan. 1, 2012.The announcement noted that state law requires...Read More
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U.S. Supreme Ct. to Consider Max Longshore Comp Rate
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09/30/2011
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By John P. Kamin, Legal EditorThe U.S. Supreme Court has granted review to a Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act dispute about which maximum compensation rate should apply to workers' injuries: the maxi...Read More
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Unconfirmed Drug Test Not Sufficient for Intoxication Defense
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09/23/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: LA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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An unverified drug test that showed a claimant tested positive for marijuana and the claimant's false statement that he did not use "street drugs" did not bar his claim for benefits after his foot was nearly severed by a piece of road-building equipment, the Louisiana Court of Appeal, 2nd Circui...Read More
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United Heartland Appoints VP for Claims and Managed Care
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09/13/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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United Heartland on Monday announced the appointment of Mary McGurn as vice president of claims and managed care, effective immediately.McGurn is responsible for creating, implementing, and monitoring the strategic direction and executing operational plans for continual improvement to th...Read More
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Uninsured Employer Fund Loan Passes; Hospital Presumption Fails
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09/08/2011
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefThe California state Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would authorize a $4.3 million loan from the uninsured employer fund to start a program to monitor payment of prevailing wages...Read More
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