Workers' Compensation News
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Volunteer Firefighter Gets Benefits for Throat Cancer | 04/10/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a finding that a volunteer firefighter was entitled to benefits for his cancer. Ca...Read More | |||
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VA Firefighter Pleads Guilty in $479,341 Fraud Scheme | 03/11/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A firefighter for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs pleaded guilty to one count of workers' compensation fraud for working while receiving benefits, according to federal prosecutors in New Jersey. ...Read More | |||
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Vehicle Owners Can Be Liable for Death Despite Exclusivity Protection | 01/29/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that the owners of a vehicle could be held vicariously liable for a worker’s death even though their deemed agent, the driver, was immune from liability under the Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Vocational School Owner Charged With Fraud | 10/18/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance announced that the owner of a private vocational school was charged with 11 felonies for allegedly submitting fraudulent bills to work comp carriers and failing to provide adequate training to injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Voc Rehab Fees Increasing 2.62% | 09/26/2024 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry announced that maximum hourly fees for vocational rehabilitation services are increasing 2.62%, effective Oct. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Vocational School Officials Charged in SJDB Fraud Case | 08/21/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of a vocational school in Los Angeles was charged with fraud for billing carriers for services not provided and allegedly paying illegal kickbacks to vocational counselors for referrals, the California Department of Insurance announced. ...Read More | |||
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Vehicle Qualifies as Uninsured if Exclusivity Prevents Worker From Recovery | 05/16/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that if a worker is injured as a passenger in an employer-owned vehicle, and workers’ compensation exclusivity precludes a recovery under the automobile liability policy, the vehicle qualifies as uninsured. ...Read More | |||
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Violation of Professional Conduct Rules Doesn't Allow Attorney to Duck Fee-Splitting Deal | 05/02/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Supreme Court adopted a decision of the Court of Civil Appeals finding that an attorney could not get out of a fee-splitting deal just because the agreement violated the Rules of Professional Conduct. ...Read More | |||
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Volunteer Firefighter Fails to Assert Viable Civil Claims From Training Accident | 01/22/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a volunteer firefighter’s tort claims arising from an accident that happened while he was preparing for a firefighting competition. ...Read More | |||
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Vocational School Executives Charged With Fraud | 09/30/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Executives at a vocational school that sent a carrier an enrollment agreement purportedly signed by an injured worker who had died about five months earlier were arrested for fraud, the California Department of Insurance announced. ...Read More | |||
