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Workers' Compensation News

 
Former Attorney at State AG's Office Named Associate at Lewis Brisbois 06/09/2015
State: UT | Segment: People | 0 | Popular with Insurance
National law firm Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith hired Willow Arnold as an office associate within its workers’ compensation practice in Denver, according to a release from the company.  Prior to joining Lewis Brisbois, Arnold worked at the Colorado Attorney General’...Read More
 
 

First Volume of NAIC Report Detailing State-by-State Resources Released 06/08/2015
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has released the first volume of a report detailing resources and regulatory...Read More
 
 
Four Charged with Conspiracy, Fraud for Allegedly Withholding Information 06/08/2015
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A husband-wife duo along with two others have pleaded not guilty to charges that the four were in cahoots to submit fraudulent insurance claims and refer patients to one another consistently to receive large payouts, according to the Associated Press.  Kenneth Gross and his wife Mich...Read More
 
 

Five Doctors Indicted in Bribery Ring 06/05/2015
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Five doctors were indicted this week for allegedly taking bribes in exchange for sending patients to clinics run by a man who pleaded guilty to commercial bribery last month, according to the New Jersey Attorney General’s office.  ...Read More
 
 
Federal Appellate Court Rejects Bad-Faith Claims-Handling Action by Military Contractors 06/04/2015
By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by a group of civilian workers who were injured while serving as military contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq over the alleged bad-faith handling of their claims for benefits under the Defense Base Act. The 32 plaintiffs...Read More
 
 

Firefighters Band Together at State House to Lobby for Cancer Presumption Bill 06/04/2015
State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Failing to Make Payments on past-due Premiums Results in Possible Jail Time for One Business Owner 06/03/2015
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A Wood County, Ohio man was sentenced to five years probation and could face up to 90 days in jail if he can’t keep up with payments relating to charges that he had failed to comply with a payment plan for past-due workers’ compensation premiums, according to a release from the Ohio B...Read More
 
 

Fiscal Committee Approves Formulary Bill, UR and Presumption Measures Die 06/01/2015
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Assembly Appropriations Committee approved a bill that would order the California Division of Workers' Compensation to implement a formulary for prescription drugs ahead of a key legislative deadline that passed on Friday. Two other bills that would have prohibited employers from ...Read More
 
 
Former Union Leader, Daughter Indicted for alleged Kickbacks from Clinic 06/01/2015
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A former union leader and his daughter were indicted last week for allegedly conspiring to solicit kickbacks from clinics in exchange for referring injured federal workers for medical services. Lenin V. Perez and daughter Liane M. Perez-Rodriguez are charged with conspiracy to receive a k...Read More
 
 

Finance Committee Votes to Split most ALJs from Dept. of Workforce Development 05/29/2015
State: WI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance voted this week to move most of the administrative law judges handling workers’ compensation cases from the Department of Workforce Development to the Department of Administration. ...Read More
 
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