Workers' Compensation News
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Worker's Malpractice Claim Against Former Attorneys Fails as Untimely Filed | 04/02/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 788 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 94 min read | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s malpractice action against his former attorneys because he failed to file within the statute of limitations. ...Read More | |||
| Rutgers Law Review Recaps Grand Bargain Symposium | 04/02/2018 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 734 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 36 min read | |||
| Papers presented during a Rutgers law symposium on the workers’ comp "grand bargain" are now available in the Rutgers University Law Review. Materials from the Sept. 23, 2016, symposium are included in ...Read More | |||
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WCD Proposes Changes to Employee Leasing Rules | 04/02/2018 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 680 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 1 min read | |||
| Oregon’s Workers’ Compensation Division proposed changes to its worker leasing rules to clarify licensing and record-keeping requirements, including reporting of workers’ compensation data for each client. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Liable for $0 in Benefits Must Pay Worker's Share of Attorney Fees | 04/02/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 694 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 39 min read | |||
| A divided Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that an employer was responsible for the payment of a worker’s share of the fee owed to an attorney. ...Read More | |||
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Doctor Pleads Guilty to Prescription Fraud Charges | 04/02/2018 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 1052 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| A doctor indicted last year on 14 prescription drug fraud charges pleaded guilty to charges of promoting a dangerous drug and promoting a harmful drug, the ...Read More | |||
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Medical Transport Business Lacked Comp Coverage, Prosecutors Allege | 04/02/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 703 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 12 min read | |||
| The owner of a medical transportation business in Broome County, New York, has been arrested on suspicion of running the company without workers’ compensation insurance or a valid taxi business license. ...Read More | |||
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WILG to Host Conference on Constitutional Challenges | 04/02/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 713 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read | |||
| The Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group, or WILG, is hosting a “Constitutional Challenge Summit” on April 18 in Washington, D.C. ...Read More | |||
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Doctor Suspended After Patient Dies | 04/02/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 1185 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 36 min read | |||
| The New York Workers' Compensation Board has suspended a physician after he reportedly sent a heart patient home without adequate treatment. The patient was found dead later that day, according to a bulleti...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Worker's Request for PTD as Unsupported by Evidence | 04/02/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 780 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 35 min read | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that substantial evidence did not support a decision by the state Workers' Compensation Commission denying a worker’s request for permanent total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Rate Deviation Bill; Amended LLC Bill Returns to House | 04/02/2018 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 707 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 27 min read | |||
| Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law a bill intended to clarify how workers’ compensation carriers can use the tiered-rating system lawmakers approved last year. ...Read More | |||
