Workers' Compensation News
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Goldberg Segalla Appoints 2 in Garden City | 09/05/2018 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 159 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| The Goldberg Segalla law firm announced Tuesday that it has added special counsel Matthew P. Palazzola and associate Derek M. Zisser to the firm’s general liability and workers’ compensation practice groups in Garden City, New Jersey. ...Read More | |||
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EK Health Acquires Directions Group | 09/05/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 131 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 22 min read | |||
| EK Health Services has acquired The Directions Group Inc., a South Carolina-based vocational rehabilitation company, effective Sept. 1. The Directi...Read More | |||
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Postdoctoral Fellow Disputes Comp as Remedy for Lab Explosion | 09/05/2018 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 141 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| A University of Hawaii researcher who was told workers’ compensation is her only remedy for injuries sustained in a lab explosion is asking the state’s high court to find that she wasn’t an employee, according to a report by ...Read More | |||
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Lodging, Meal Reimbursement Set to Increase | 09/05/2018 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 84 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 3 min read | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced that lodging and meal reimbursement rates for injured workers who have to travel to medical appointments will increase Oct. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Personal Protective Equipment Market to Hit $70 Billion by 2024 | 09/05/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 643 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| The market for personal protective equipment worn by workers and others to help prevent injury is expected to reach $70 billion by 2024, compared to more than $40 billion in 2016, according to a report by Global Market Insights Inc. ...Read More | |||
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No Presumption of Compensability for Veteran Firefighter With Bladder Cancer | 09/05/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 101 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 36 min read | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a veteran firefighter was not entitled to benefits for his bladder cancer, since he failed to establish that his condition was an occupational disease. ...Read More | |||
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Concrete Company Owner Charged With Underreporting Payroll | 09/05/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 142 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 3 min read | |||
| A 25-year-old Palm Beach County woman was charged last week with workers' compensation fraud after allegedly underreporting her company's payroll....Read More | |||
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Panel Tosses Mechanic's PPD Award as Unsupported by Evidence | 09/05/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 84 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 71 min read | |||
| The Supreme Court of Tennessee’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel overturned an award of permanent partial disability benefits to a mechanic, finding that the evidence did not support a conclusion that he had suffered a compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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CNA Hires Michael Costonis as Chief Operations Officer | 09/05/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 121 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read | |||
| CNA has announced that Michael Costonis will join the company today as its chief operations officer. ...Read More | |||
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Ex-Postal Driver Charged With Collecting $160,000 in Benefits While Working | 09/05/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 101 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 28 min read | |||
| A former New York postal worker has been charged with collecting more than $160,000 in benefits over 17 years, all while working at a flea market after stating that he was totally disabled. ...Read More | |||
