Workers' Compensation News
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First Employer Charged Under Misclassification Law Pleads Guilty | 02/12/2021 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| One of four people charged in the first-ever application of a 2011 Pennsylvania misclassification law has pleaded guilty. Armando Garcia-Ramirez, 55...Read More | |||
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Firefighter Can Pursue Civil Remedy for Crash Injuries | 02/11/2021 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a firefighter could pursue a civil suit for personal injuries he suffered in a collision with a sheriff’s deputy as they responded to an emergency call. ...Read More | |||
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Forfeiture Applies to Unpreserved Appointments Clause Challenges | 02/08/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a group of mine operators failed to preserve their challenge to the validity of the appointments of judges who issued black lung benefit awards to workers. ...Read More | |||
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Foster Farms Employee Dies in Industrial Accident | 02/02/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Foster Farms reported that a 50-year-old man died in an industrial accident Wednesday, according to a report by the Merced Sun-Star. ...Read More | |||
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Former Air Marshal Gets Probation in Double-Dipping Case | 02/01/2021 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former air marshal who illegally collected more than $240,000 in workers’ compensation benefits by concealing the fact that he was self-employed as a martial arts instructor was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to repay the government, the U.S. Attorney’s Office annou...Read More | |||
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Fruit Company Fined More Than $150K for Violating COVID-19 Safety Rules | 01/29/2021 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Department of Labor and Industries has fined a Yakima-area fruit company more than $150,000 for violating COVID-19 safety regulations. L...Read More | |||
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Family Can Proceed With Asbestos Exposure Suit Against Port Authority | 01/26/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the family of a former airline employee can proceed with a lawsuit over the worker’s alleged exposure to asbestos while working at John F. Kennedy International Airport in the 1970s. ...Read More | |||
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Fresno Construction Worker Accused of Double Dipping | 01/22/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance said a construction worker from Fresno facing fraud and perjury charges for allegedly working while receiving workers’ compensation benefits turned himself in on Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Family of First OKC Firefighter to Die From COVID Gets Lump-Sum Settlement | 01/22/2021 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oklahoma City officials this week cleared the way for workers' compensation benefits for the family of a firefighter who died from COVID-19, but the mayor said the move does not set a costly precedent for the city. ...Read More | |||
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Former BLS Commissioner Discussing Economic Impact of COVID-19 at WCRI Conference | 01/13/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute announced that Katharine Abraham, a former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner and member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, will deliver the opening keynote at the 37th annual WCRI Issues & Research Conference in March. ...Read More | |||
