Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Commission Decision Denying Additional Benefits for Worker's Fall | 09/07/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 82 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 117 min read | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a decision by the Workers' Compensation Commission denying a worker’s request for additional benefits for her alleged injuries from an on-the-job fall. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Application of Statutory Cap on Insurance Guaranty Association's Liability | 09/07/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 116 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read | |||
| The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the statutory limit on the Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association’s liability for claims must be deducted from the total amount of a claimant’s damages in a case involving settlements from multiple tortfeasors. ...Read More | |||
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HEMIC Declares $3.5 Million Dividend | 09/07/2018 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 40 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 5 min read | |||
| Hawaii Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co. has declared a $3.5 million dividend payable to qualifying policyholders. This is the 12th consecutive ...Read More | |||
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Paradigm Acquires Pain Management, Addiction Network | 09/07/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 94 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 38 min read | |||
| Paradigm Outcomes, a provider of case-management services for catastrophic workplace injuries, has acquired Adva-Net. Adva-Net provides workers&rsq...Read More | |||
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Physician-Dispensing Reform Is Topic of WCRI Webinar | 09/07/2018 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 76 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read | |||
| The impact of Pennsylvania's physician-dispensing reform will be the focus of a one-hour webinar hosted by the Workers Compensation Research Institute on Sept. 27. ...Read More | |||
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Firefighter Pushes Back After City Sues for Legal Fees in Cancer Presumption Case | 09/07/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 108 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read | |||
| A Texas firefighter has taken to the airwaves because the city of Austin filed suit against her after she was diagnosed with cancer and won a workers' compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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State Returns to Affidavits for Exempting Businesses From Comp Coverage | 09/07/2018 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 77 | 0 | Popular with Employer | 20 min read | |||
| Until four years ago, all that a small business in Oklahoma had to do was file an affidavit to show that it was exempt from having to provide workers' compensation coverage for employees. ...Read More | |||
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Ex-Prison Guard Now Faces Lockup for Alleged WC Fraud | 09/07/2018 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 146 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 3 min read | |||
| A former prison guard could now face time behind bars himself after he was charged with $64,000 in workers' compensation fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Chiropractic Clinics Owner Convicted in Billing Scam | 09/07/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 162 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read | |||
| A federal jury in Kentucky convicted the former owner of several Louisville-area chiropractic clinics on fraud, conspiracy, theft and money laundering charges related to a $5 million insurance fraud scheme. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Chief Named President of NAWCJ | 09/07/2018 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 88 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| James J. Szablewicz, chief deputy commissioner of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission, has been named president of the National Association of Workers’ Compensation Judiciary, the commission announced Thursday. ...Read More | |||
