Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Creates Split among States on Taxability of FELA Awards
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07/10/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Missouri Supreme Court has created a split among the states as to whether an injured worker's recovery under the Federal Employer's Liability Act is taxable compensation for purposes of the Railroad Retirement Tax Act.According to the Supreme Courts of Ne...Read More
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High Court Clarifies Scope of Employer's Reimbursement Obligations
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07/10/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: SD | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that the employer of a worker who underwent surgery at the expense of his private health insurance carrier was not obligated to pay the carrier for the actual cost of the surgery, but only to reimburse the carrier for the reduced amount it had paid. ...Read More
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Hotel Owners Plead Guilty to Employing Undocumented Workers
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07/09/2014
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State: KS | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The owners of two Kansas City-area hotels pleaded guilty on Monday to hiring undocumented workers and not providing them with workers' compensation insurance or other benefits.Munir Ahmad Chaudary and his wife Rhonda Bridge employed the workers at two Clarion Hot...Read More
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High Court Tosses Wrongful Death Suit Due to Procedural Error
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07/07/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Texas Supreme Court ruled that the family of a worker who allegedly died of asbestosis was barred from proceeding with their wrongful death suit against his employer due to a procedural change in Texas law that took effect 11 weeks after his death.Case: Union Car...Read More
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High Court Says State Officials Can Be Liable for Attack on Attorney
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07/02/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Sherri OkamotoLegal ReporterA narrowly divided New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday ruled that qualified immunity did not shield a group of state officials from liability for an incident at a state-run mental facility where a patient attacked her court-appointed attorney in a...Read More
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Husband, Son of WCB Vice Chair Frances Libous Indicted
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07/02/2014
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State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Peter MantiusNorthern Bureau ChiefThe husband and son of Frances M. Libous, vice chair of the New York Workers’ Compensation Board, have been named in separate indictments related to a tax investigation by the FBI and IRS, according to documents a...Read More
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Hospital Didn't Retaliate by Firing Injured Nurse
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07/02/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Texas employer who laid off a worker after she had exhausted the maximum amount of unpaid leave she could receive after a workplace injury was entitled to summary judgment on the worker's claims for retaliatory discharge, breach of contract, fraud and negligent misrepresentation, the 5th ...Read More
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Hub Names Senior VP for Commercial Division
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07/01/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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International brokerage firm Hub International Insurance Services Inc. announced that it hired Jay Corbett as senior vice president of its Commercial Division, based in Folsom, California.Before joining Hub, Corbett was affiliated with the Leavitt Group Brokerage in Sacramento where he s...Read More
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High Court Says Newspaper Carriers Can Proceed with Class Action
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07/01/2014
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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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The California Supreme Court ruled that a group of newspaper home delivery carriers are entitled to assert a class action against their employer based on their alleged misclassification as independent contractors.Case: Ayala v. Antelope Valley Newspapers Inc., No. S2...Read More
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Husband-and-Wife Doctors Charged with Federal Comp Fraud
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07/01/2014
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State: MD | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A federal grand jury has indicted a husband and wife in Maryland for medical fraud, according to a local news report.Paramjit Ajrawat and his wife, Sukhveen Ajrawat, both doctors, are accused of overbilling their patients and collecting more than $2.3 million in fraudulent insurance payo...Read More
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