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Prosecutors Lay 15 Felonies on Ex-Cop Suspected of Fraud 05/21/2025
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
A former officer of the Westminster Police Department was seen drinking and dancing, went on a skiing and snowboarding trip and competed in 5k races despite claiming she was completely disabled from a work-related injury, according to the Orange County District Attorney's ...Read More
 
 

Provider Choice Bill Heads to Governor 05/19/2025
State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
Colorado lawmakers sent the governor a bill that would give injured workers the right to choose a treating physician. ...Read More
 
 

Parents of Worker Can't Get Dependency Benefits Despite Widow's Request 05/01/2025
State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld the denial of dependency benefits to a worker’s parents despite the expressed wish of his widow that they receive any compensation that was payable for his death. ...Read More
 
 

P&T Committee Meets April 16 04/07/2025
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The California Division of Workers' Compensation's Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee is scheduled to meet April 16. Members of th...Read More
 
 

Provider's Report Is Adequate Notice to Constitute Timely Claim 04/04/2025
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board received sufficient notice to meet the threshold for the filing of a timely claim via a report from a medical professional who had treated an injured worker. ...Read More
 
 

Property Owners Get Summary Dismissal of Worker's Labor Law, Negligence Claims 03/26/2025
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
A New York appellate court ruled that the owners of a property were entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Labor Law and negligence claims against them. ...Read More
 
 

Pandemic Liability Protection Act Bars Widow's Claim Against Husband's Employer 03/17/2025
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
A Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a widow’s claim against her late husband’s employer for his death from COVID-19 as barred by state law. ...Read More
 
 

Police Officer Timely Files Claim for PTSD Years After Triggering Event 03/13/2025
State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a police officer timely filed his claim for post-traumatic stress disorder almost a decade after the event that triggered his condition. ...Read More
 
 

Payment of Cop's Salary Doesn't Constitute Acceptance of Liability for COVID-19 Infection 03/13/2025
State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a police officer’s receipt of his full salary for a period after contracting COVID-19 was not an acknowledgment of compensability for his condition. ...Read More
 
 

Pinnacol Board Chair Says Change Needed to Help Struggling Carrier 03/12/2025
State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The chairwoman of the board of directors for Colorado's Pinnacol Assurance penned an op-ed for the Denver Post saying changes are needed for the quasi-public insurer to...Read More
 
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