Workers' Compensation News
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Kriya Capital Acquires Receivable Solutions Specialist Inc. | 01/11/2019 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 117 | 0 | Popular with Medical | 29 min read | |||
| Kriya Capital has acquired Receivable Solutions Specialist Inc., a company based in Natchez, Mississippi, that works on the resolution of occupational medicine bills. ...Read More | |||
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Solar Contractor Cited After Worker's Electrocution | 01/11/2019 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 129 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 18 min read | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a solar contractor after a worker was electrocuted while installing solar panels on a building in Fort Riley, Kansas. ...Read More | |||
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Texas Mutual Supports OIEC Recommendations on Deadlines, Medical Letters | 01/11/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 165 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co., the largest workers' compensation carrier in Texas, supports legislation recommended by the Office of Injured Employee Counsel, which would extend judicial review deadlines, from 45 to 90 days. ...Read More | |||
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Prosecutors: Man Claiming Crash Was Work-Related Was on His Way to Court | 01/11/2019 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 199 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 76 min read | |||
| A south Florida man said he was on his way to a job site last summer when his vehicle struck a guardrail. He was injured and collected more than $135,000 on the workers' compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Construction Co. Owner Charged With $151,000 in Comp Fraud | 01/11/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 235 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 10 min read | |||
| An Albany-area construction company owner is accused of collecting more than $151,000 in workers' compensation benefits for seven years while working as a contractor. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Secretary to Chair SCIF Board | 01/10/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 484 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 36 min read | |||
| California Labor Secretary David Lanier will serve as chairman of the board of directors for State Compensation Insurance Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Court Won't Import Comp Law Principles to Find Employer Liable for Employee's Impaired Driving | 01/10/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1010 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 21 min read | |||
| A California appellate court declined to apply principles from the workers’ compensation law to find an employer vicariously liable for a fatal car accident caused by an intoxicated employee. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Worker Safety Standard for Lead | 01/10/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 225 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 12 min read | |||
| A laboratory report showing a California worker has a blood-lead level of at least 25 micrograms per deciliter would mandate the state’s workplace safety agency to initiate an investigation, under a bill filed ahead of the legislative session that started Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Correctional Officer Pleads No Contest to Fraud Charges | 01/10/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 648 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 164 min read | |||
| A correctional officer who participated in an endurance race while he was collecting total temporary disability benefits was sentenced to 10 days in jail after pleading no contest to fraud charges, according to a report posted to the ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Again Take Aim at State Fund | 01/10/2019 | |
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| By: Eddie Curran (correspondent) | |||
| State: MT | Segment: Top | 403 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 47 min read | |||
| Montana State Fund officials are monitoring, with some trepidation, a draft bill that would liquidate the carrier and transfer its half-billion dollar surplus to the state. ...Read More | |||
