Workers' Compensation News
PEOs Ask State to Regulate Them by Requiring Registration | 09/09/2016 | ||
By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
State: MA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
It’s not every day that a special-interest group goes to a legislature and asks to be regulated, says Massachusetts state Rep. John Scibak. But that’s what a national trade group for PEOs did. ...Read More | |||
Police Claim Man Lied About Work Injury Trying to Get Opioids | 09/09/2016 | ||
State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A Montana man is facing felony charges for allegedly telling hospital staff that he suffered a workplace injury in a failed attempt to get a prescription for oxycodone, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
Paradigm Offers Webinar on Impact of Mental Health in Work Comp | 09/02/2016 | ||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
Paradigm Outcomes will host a free, one-hour webinar on Sept. 22 on new approaches to mental health in workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
Personal Injury Case Involving Co-Workers in Accident Remanded | 08/29/2016 | ||
State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A Missouri appellate court overturned a trial court’s decision to grant summary judgment in favor of a defendant in a personal injury case. ...Read More | |||
Police Officer Injured in Shooting Gets New Hearing on Claim of Accidental Disability | 08/26/2016 | ||
Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A police officer who injured his arm while firing his service weapon is entitled to a second chance to prove his entitlement to accidental disability retirement benefits. ...Read More | |||
Preferred Connect Launches Work Comp Program for Breweries | 08/25/2016 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Preferred Connect Insurance Center, a San Diego-based agency providing workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses throughout California, has launched a specialty program for beer breweries. ...Read More | |||
Panel Says Worker Can Get Benefits for Exacerbation of Pre-Existing Arthritis | 08/25/2016 | ||
Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Tennessee Supreme Court Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that a factory worker was entitled to permanent partial disability benefits for the industrial exacerbation of her pre-existing arthritic condition in her knee. ...Read More | |||
Prior Employer Not Liable for Cost of Surgery After New Injury | 08/24/2016 | ||
Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker's prior employer was not liable for the cost of his surgery after he injured his back while working for a new company. ...Read More | |||
Parties' Stipulation of Fee Due to Discharged Attorney Must Be Honored | 08/22/2016 | ||
By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Florida 1st District Court of Appeal on Friday ruled that judge of compensation claims overstepped her authority by refusing to honor an agreement between a claimant's former attorney and current counsel on the fair value of services rendered before the new attorney took over the case....Read More | |||
Proposed Changes to Lien Rules Raise Question Over Reasonableness of Denials | 08/18/2016 | ||
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
If legislation drafted by the Department of Industrial Relations becomes law, out-of-network doctors providing non-emergency treatment to injured workers would have to file an affidavit stating the employer didn’t have a medical provider network or that the claim was neglected or unreasonab...Read More | |||