Workers' Compensation News
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Victor Says WCRI Is Recruiting Senior Managers
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03/13/2014
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State: MA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Workers Compensation Research Institute is launching a recruiting effort to hire several new senior managers, WCRI Executive Director Richard A. Victor told attendees at the institute’s annual meeting in Boston Wednesday.“WCRI is used in more states t...Read More
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Victory White Metal Faces OSHA Fines for Lead Exposure
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02/06/2014
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Victory White Metal Co. faces $61,600 in fines from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration for allowing workers to be exposed to lead above permissible levels at its Cleveland facility.The company was cited for five repeat violations and six seriou...Read More
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Veteran Attorney Admits Misappropriating Client Funds, Resigns
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02/03/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The New York Appellate Division's 2nd Department last week accepted the resignation of a veteran New York City personal injury attorney who admitted mishandling the funds that a client had received in settling a workers' compensation claim.The case was Matter...Read More
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Valdez Decision Reopened Debate over Non-Network Doctor Reports
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01/29/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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In the past year, the California Supreme Court has handed down only one decision dealing directly with workers' compensation, and naturally the panelists at the California Applicant Attorneys Association winter convention last weekend discussed that ruling as part of a session on the most i...Read More
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Violations in 4 States Give Retailer Repeat Offender Rap
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11/20/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Violations in a Big Lots store in New York count as repeat offenses because they are similar to recent violations filed against Big Lots stores in Alabama, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has determined in assessin...Read More
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Verizon Agrees to Settlement following Fatal Electrocution
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11/14/2013
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Department of Labor announced Tuesday it has reached a $147,000 settlement with Verizon New York to resolve safety citations issued in connection with the Sept. 14, 2011, electrocution of a worker in Brooklyn, N.Y.The Labor Department said in a press release the settlement addre...Read More
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Video Evidence of Active Claimant Leads to Reduced Damages Award
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10/28/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: LA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Surveillance video of an injured Louisiana oil-rig worker dancing, jumping out of the bed of a pickup and squatting with a dog food bag on his shoulder helped persuade the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that the district court's $200,000 award for general damages was "clearly excessive."...Read More
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Volunteer Who Got Comp Was Not an Employee under FEHA
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10/18/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A volunteer firefighter's receipt of workers' compensation benefits did not make her a municipal employee for purposes of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, a California appellate court ruled.Case: Enriquez v. City of Sierra Madre, No. B240916, 10/16/2013, ...Read More
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Village Couldn't Avoid Premiums by Reclassifying Officers
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10/17/2013
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Village of Laurelville is going to resume paying workers' compensation premiums for its police officers, after receiving a $2,300 bill from the Bureau of Workers' Compensation.The village had attempted to declare that its police officers were independent contractors by classi...Read More
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