Workers' Compensation News
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Blodgett Named to New ALJ Position
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08/23/2019
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State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 127 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 8 min read
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Oklahoma has added a new administrative law judge position, and a workers' compensation defense attorney will fill the slot next month.
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Truck Driver Charges Retaliation After Comp Claim
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08/23/2019
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State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 146 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 3 min read
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An East St. Louis truck driver has filed a lawsuit, charging that he was fired after he was injured on the job and filed a workers' compensation claim.
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WCIRB Files for 5.4% Rate Cut
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08/22/2019
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 326 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 37 min read
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The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau filed with the California Department of Insurance its recommendation for a 5.4% reduction in the advisory pure premium rate.
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Second Injury Fund Eliminates Big Backlog of Refund Requests
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08/22/2019
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 353 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 25 min read
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While a number of states have struggled to keep their second-injury funds afloat and others have eliminated the funds altogether, Texas regulators have quietly found a way to eliminate a backlog of hundreds of refund requests while keeping their fund solvent.
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MLAC Cancels Sept. 19 Meeting
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08/22/2019
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 69 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 5 min read
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Oregon’s Management-Labor Advisory Committee canceled a meeting scheduled for Sept. 19 to discuss pending rulemaking activities and review the state’s nearly 30-year-old work comp reforms.
The advisory committee rescheduled the meeting for 9 a.m.-noon Oct. 11.
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Roofing Contractor Fined $220,249 for Fall Hazards
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08/22/2019
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State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 490 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 15 min read
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A roofing contractor faces a fine of $220,249 for exposing workers to fall hazards at a commercial building site in a Chicago suburb, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced.
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Cookie Dough Plant Faces $782,526 Penalty for Violations
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08/22/2019
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State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 134 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 108 min read
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A Wisconsin company is facing $782,526 in penalties for exposing workers at its cookie dough manufacturing plant to machine safety hazards, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced.
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Carrier Not Liable for Death of Worker From Drug Overdose
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08/22/2019
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State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 173 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 16 min read
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The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that an insurance carrier was not liable for death benefits to the family of a worker who died from an overdose of heroin and the oxycodone he had been prescribed for a compensable injury.
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No TTD for Worker Fired After Repeatedly Violating Safety Rules
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08/22/2019
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 95 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 262 min read
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An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker who was fired for repeatedly violating his employer’s safety rules had voluntarily abandoned his employment, becoming ineligible for temporary total disability benefits.
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