Workers' Compensation News
| Executive Nominations Committee Gives OK to Evans | 03/25/2015 | ||
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| The Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission has welcomed Kathleen A. Evans as its newest commissioner, according to a notice on the MWCC website. Evans has yet to be confirmed by the full Senate, but the Legislature’s Executive Nominations Committee has approved the nomination ...Read More | |||
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Empire Underwriters Appoints Alternative Markets Director | 03/23/2015 | |
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Electrical and Fall Hazards Bring $77,400 in Penalties against Barge Co. | 03/19/2015 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $77,400 in penalties against an Indiana barge company for electrical safety and other hazards. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Delay in Requesting Entitlement to Reimbursement Was Fatal to Request | 03/17/2015 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A municipal employer lost its ability to request a reimbursement for the wages it had continued to pay an employee during the times he was out of work because of an injury by waiting until after the worker received an award of temporary total disability benefits covering these same time peri...Read More | |||
| Employer Didn't Rebut Presumption that Housekeeper's Complaints Were Caused by Industrial Injury | 03/16/2015 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals said that a housekeeper was entitled to a presumption that her ongoing complaints of pain for her accepted injury were causally related to her injury, and that her employer failed to rebut this presumption. Case: Gonzalez v. Tidy Maids, No. COA14-18, 03...Read More | |||
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Employer's Decision not to Require Use of Safety Harnesses Didn't Show Intent to Injure | 03/12/2015 | |
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Employer Wasn't 'Served' with Claim Petition on Date of Mailing since it Was Sent to wrong Address | 03/06/2015 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A worker could not assert that his employer had failed to timely answer his claim petition based on the employer's failure to respond to it within 20 days of mailing when the petition hadn't been sent to the employer's correct address, the Commonwealth Court ruled. Case: Washi...Read More | |||
| Employee's Electrocution Prompts $63,000 in OSHA Penalties against Warehouse | 03/05/2015 | ||
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| The electrocution of an employee at a New Jersey warehouse prompted the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue 10 citations and propose $63,000 in penalties. According to a report by NJ.com, 48-year-old Pedro Vincent-Diaz Villafuerte was found lying on the floor next ...Read More | |||
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Employer Gets 2nd Chance to Prove Claimant's Crimes Showed his Capability for Work | 03/03/2015 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: MI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Michigan Court of Appeals panel last week overturned an administrative order denying an employer's request to stop paying benefits to a former employee who had spent 23 months in federal prison for his role in a cash-smuggling scheme. ...Read More | |||
| Exam Works Schedules Work Comp Program | 03/02/2015 | ||
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| Exam Works is hosting a workers' compensation seminar focusing on medical issues in California on March 21 at the Marriott Renaissance Los Angeles Airport Hotel. The event will cover topics such as substantiality of medical evidence, accurate impairment ratings, and how to prepare for...Read More | |||
