Workers' Compensation News
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United Restaurants Group Pays 40% Dividend to Members
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06/11/2009
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NY | Segment: Business | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Friedlander Group, which manages the United Restaurants of New York Workers' Compensation Safety Group, announced Wednesday that it paid a 40% dividend to approximately 966 members with policies effective from Sept. 30, 2007 to Sept. 30, 2008. The 40% dividend is in addition to t...Read More
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Uninsured Employer Law Applies Retroactively, WCC Rules
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06/08/2009
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0
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A new state law that allows the Montana Uninsured Employers Fund to join uninsured employers in all disputes over benefits applies retroactively to cases pending before it was enacted, the Workers' Compensation Court ruled.Case: Benton v. Uninsured Employers Fund v. Harrymans, WCC No...Read More
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U.S. High Court Clarifies 'Genuine and Serious' Standard
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06/03/2009
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0
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A Tennessee trial court should have instructed a jury to consider whether an electrician's fear of cancer was "genuine and serious" before it issued his award in a Federal Employers' Liability Act Case, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded.Case: CSX Transportation Inc. v. Thurs...Read More
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UCLA Spinal Surgeon Didn't Report Outside Income to School
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05/29/2009
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0
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The chief of spinal surgery at University of California, Los Angeles failed to report $459,500 that was paid to him by private companies, a violation of state law that requires university researchers to disclose their financial ties to entities that fund their work, the Wall Street Journal reported ...Read More
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Undocumented Workers a Premium in Underground Economy
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05/27/2009
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State: NH | Segment: EAST | 0
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Unscrupulous subcontractors seeking carpentry and drywall crews willing to work off the books are paying middle men to recruit undocumented workers, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported Sunday.The newspaper interviewed union activists and Latino workers and reported that the local con...Read More
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UnitedHealthcare Paying Nearly $1.6 Million for UR Problems
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05/20/2009
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State: MD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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United Healthcare has agreed to pay nearly $930,000 to Maryland's hospitals and radiologists and another $633,000 in fines based on its use of private utilization review companies without the approval of the state insurance commissioner and other violations of state regulations.The M...Read More
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Update Would Increase Surgical Fees by an Average of 17%
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05/19/2009
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0
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An update of the Arizona Industrial Commission's medical fee schedule proposed by staff would bring double-digit increases for hundreds of procedures, a spreadsheet analysis by WorkCompCentral shows.The Industrial Commission proposes an average increase of 17.1% for 1,729 surgery cod...Read More
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Unlicensed Subcontractor Does not Waive Right to Exclusive Remedy
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05/05/2009
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0
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A contractor is entitled to exclusive remedy for work-injury claims even though it was unlicensed and its contracts with subcontractors were unenforceable, the Florida 2nd District Court of Appeals ruled.Case: Central Florida Lumber Unlimited v. Qaqish, Case No. 2D08-1036, 04/29/2009....Read More
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Unique 'Scaffold Law' Challenged on Two Fronts
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04/21/2009
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State: NY | Segment: Top | 0
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New York's 124-year-old "scaffold law" the only one of its kind in the nation is back under attack in federal court by construction companies warning they face a liability insurance crisis.Businesses for a Better New York (BBNY), a group of two dozen construction companies and insura...Read More
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Ullico Reports $1.1 Million Loss in Fourth Quarter
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04/07/2009
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: Business | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Ullico Inc. on Monday reported a net loss of $1.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2008, compared to net income of $8.4 million in the prior year's final quarter.Highlights for the quarter:
The Life and Health Business Unit contrib...Read More
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