Workers' Compensation News
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Unwitnessed Death in Home Office Not Compensable
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09/02/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: PA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A salesman who was found dead at his desk in his home office did not suffer a compensable injury simply because he made some work-related telephone calls and answered a few work-related emails on the day that he died, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled.Case: Donald Werner, Decease...Read More
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U.S. Labor Department Warns Comp Payments Could Run Out
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08/31/2011
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefThe U.S. Labor Department is warning Congress that a potential failure by the U.S. Postal Service to make a $1.2 billion payment on its workers' compensation obligations in October ...Read More
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U.S. Risk Announces Marketing Hires in Texas, Ariz. and Va.
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08/29/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0
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U.S. Risk Insurance Group, a managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler, announced Friday that it has expanded its Marketing Division with new hires in Texas, Arizona and Virginia.Frank Vidrik will join U.S. Risk in Dallas as executive vice president of marketing and developmen...Read More
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U.S. Mint Officer Charged with Double-Dipping
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08/15/2011
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State: NJ | Segment: EAST | 0
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A police officer employed by the Treasury Department at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia was arrested last Thursday on charges that he fraudulently collected $173,000 in disability benefits, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.Richard Rufo, 49, of Mt. Laurel, N.J., was arrest...Read More
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U.S. HealthWorks Buys 3 Occ-Med Centers in Minneapolis Area
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07/28/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: MN | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Wcc
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U.S. HealthWorks announced Wednesday that it acquired NorthWorks Occupational Health, adding three centers that are the company's first in Minnesota.The newly acquired centers are all in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and bring the total number of U.S. HealthWorks medical and worksite...Read More
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U.S. Senate Discussing FECA Reform
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07/26/2011
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0
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A U.S. Senate subcommittee will hear testimony on reforming the workers' compensation program for federal employees today, including a discussion of whether wage loss compensation should be adjusted when a claimant reaches retirement age.The hearing before the Senate Committee on Hom...Read More
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Unfinished Rating Schedule, Rising Costs Greet New DWC Head
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07/20/2011
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Wcc
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By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefA former applicants' attorney will take the helm of the California Division of Workers' Compensation as system costs are rising and insurer profitably is down, and injured worker...Read More
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Undocumented Workers Can Use Employer's Evidence to Prove Wages
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07/19/2011
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State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Claimants can use either their records or their employer's records to prove that their wages were reported for federal income tax purposes, the Florida 1st District Court of Appeal clarified in a decision that expanded upon prior case law. Ever since the 1st DCA's ruling in Fast ...Read More
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Utilization and Treatment Guidelines Now in Effect
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07/15/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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New rules that implement Montana's new medical utilization and treatment guidelines, create electronic billing procedures and govern preauthorization requests take effect today.The Department of Labor and Industry gave notice of final rule adoption to Chapter 24 of Administrative Rul...Read More
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Unseen Accident Compensable without Evidence to Discredit Claimant
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07/15/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: LA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
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A worker whose employer disputed his injury must receive compensation because no evidence existed to discredit his claim and the testimony of two employees corroborated his version of the accident, an appellate court ruled.Case: Davenport v. Foster Farms, No. 46430-WCA, 07-13-2011, publi...Read More
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