Workers' Compensation News
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Staffing Firm to Provide Paychecks, Comp Coverage for Cannabis Workers | 04/25/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 248 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 31 min read | |||
| AtWork Personnel-Palm Desert, a Southern California branch of a nationwide staffing agency, is partnering with Canna Management Group to provide staffing services to California cannabis businesses. ...Read More | |||
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PAID Act Would Streamline Secondary Payer Identification During Settlements | 04/25/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 196 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 12 min read | |||
| Legislation that proponents say would lead to faster identification of secondary payers who might be owed money during the workers’ comp settlement process could soon be introduced in Congress. ...Read More | |||
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Along With Drop in Opioids Came a Drop in Other Prescriptions, Report Shows | 04/25/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 239 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 16 min read | |||
| When Texas workers’ compensation regulators implemented a drug formulary in 2011, restricting opioid prescribing, they expected that doctors would simply switch injured workers over to other, non-opioid medications. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bills Related to Payment Methods, Settlements | 04/25/2018 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 122 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 140 min read | |||
| Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has signed into law two workers’ comp-related bills. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Duty Disability Retirement Application for 2nd Time | 04/25/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 59 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a denial of a correctional officer’s application for duty disability retirement benefits for the second time, finding substantial evidence did not support the hearing officer’s decision. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Failure to Timely Contest Claim Didn't Relieve Worker of Burden to Prove Causation | 04/25/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 80 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 49 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a school worker was not entitled to benefits for a back injury just because her employer failed to timely contest her claim. ...Read More | |||
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Tax Cut Helps Boost Travelers' Profit by 8% in Q1 | 04/25/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 52 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 111 min read | |||
| The Travelers Cos. has reported net income of $669 million for the first quarter, an 8% increase from $617 million in the same quarter last year. Co...Read More | |||
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Worker's Out-of-State Settlement Isn't Shielded From Bankruptcy Creditors | 04/25/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 70 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 13 min read | |||
| A federal bankruptcy court judge ruled that a Delaware law exempting workers’ compensation recoveries from creditor claims does not apply to the proceeds of a worker’s settlement for an out-of-state comp claim. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Announces $1.5B Rebate | 04/25/2018 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 85 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 97 min read | |||
| For the fourth time in six years, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is poised to approve a $1 billion rebate to policyholders, except this time the bureau is upping the ante by $500 million. ...Read More | |||
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Psychologist's Report Was Too Ambiguous to Support Denial of PTD Benefits | 04/25/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 59 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| A divided Ohio appellate court panel overturned an administrative denial of permanent total disability benefits to an injured worker, finding that a psychologist's report on the worker's employability was too ambiguous to be relied upon. ...Read More | |||
