Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Can't Pursue Tort Claim Against Alter Ego of Employer
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04/27/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 198 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 23 min read
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A New York appellate court ruled that a worker could not proceed with her negligence suit against a property owner for her injuries from a fall, since the property owner was an alter ego of her employer.
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WCAB Satisfied With DIR Response in Email Flap
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04/26/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1352 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 37 min read
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The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board accepted the explanation from the California Department of Industrial Relations’ top attorney for reviewing the emails of the board’s chairwoman.
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Worker Has 1 Year From Last Payment to Seek Additional Benefits
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04/26/2018
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Source: WorkCompentral
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State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 109 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 8 min read
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The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals this week ruled that an injured worker has one year following his last receipt of voluntarily paid medical compensation to file a formal claim for additional care.
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WCAB Seeks Answers After DIR Attorney Allegedly Read Their Email
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04/24/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 3452 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 42 min read
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Six weeks before California Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker suddenly announced her retirement, four Workers' Compensation Appeals Board commissioners sent an angry letter to the agency's top lawyer asking why a staff attorney had been reading their emails....Read More
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Worker With Denied Claim Still Had Statutory Duty to Inform BWC of Settlement
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04/23/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 149 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 19 min read
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The Ohio Supreme Court last week ruled that the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation was entitled to a recovery of the benefits it had paid to an injured worker because she had not given the agency a change to assert a lien against the settlement she negotiated.
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W.R. Berkley Announces Two Executive Appointments
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04/23/2018
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 215 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read
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W.R. Berkley Corp. has appointed James Gilbert as an executive vice president, and has appointed Brian Douglas to fill Gilbert’s previous position as president of BerkleyNet Underwriters.
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WCA Announces Schedule for Computer System Upgrade
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04/23/2018
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State: NM | Segment: WEST | 65 | 0 | Popular with Employer | 1 min read
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The New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration will be taking its database server offline to make upgrades to ensure that the system can handle an increased number of users.
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WC Division to Hold Hearing on Changes to Fee Schedule
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04/20/2018
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State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 117 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read
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The Division of Labor and Management will hold a public hearing next month and accept comments on proposed changes to the workers' compensation fee schedule.
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