Workers' Compensation News
| Judge 'Inclined' to Grant Injunction in Lien Stay Challenge | 07/14/2017 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal judge in Los Angeles said he is inclined to issue an injunction prohibiting the Division of Workers’ Compensation from enforcing the lien stay provision in Senate Bill 1160. U.S. District Judge George H. Wu wrote in a tentative decision that he has “serious concerns ...Read More | |||
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Judge Finds Worker Had Compensable CT Injury | 07/05/2017 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals ruled that a judge does not need to make a specific finding that a worker’s cumulative trauma was caused "directly and independently of all other causes” for the worker to have a compensable cumulative trauma injury. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Can't Ignore EMA's Conclusions in Written Report | 06/28/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that a judge of compensation claims could not issue an award that was consistent with some of an expert medical adviser’s ambiguous deposition testimony but conflicted with the written report. ...Read More | |||
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Jeffrey Shaw Named Head of App Development at Employers Holdings | 06/14/2017 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Employers Holdings Inc., a company whose holdings provide workers' compensation insurance to low-to-medium hazard employers, has named Jeffrey Shaw its head of application development, data and integration, the company announced Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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JLT Specialty Teams Up With Altumai to Improve Ag Worker Safety | 06/14/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| JLT Specialty USA has announced a partnership with Altumai to develop strategies to reduce worker injuries in the agriculture industry. The idea is t...Read More | |||
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JCC's Refusal to Authorize Attorney Fee Violated Worker's Due Process Rights | 06/07/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that a judge of compensation claims violated an injured worker’s due process rights by refusing to approve of the agreement reached with the employer for the payment of attorney fees. ...Read More | |||
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Janitorial Firm Owner Charged With $32M Premium Fraud | 06/02/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of a San Francisco Bay area janitorial firm is accused of underreporting payroll in order to reduce her company’s workers’ compensation premiums by $32 million, the California Department of Insurance announced late Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Allows Air Ambulance Provider to Challenge Fee Schedule | 05/23/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal trial judge in West Virginia last week ruled that an air ambulance provider can move forward with its claims that federal law bars the state from dictating the amounts it charges for transporting injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Puts Off Indefinitely Ruling Declaring Comp Act Unconstitutional | 05/18/2017 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The circuit court judge who ruled last week that Alabama’s workers’ compensation system was unconstitutional stayed his order indefinitely on Wednesday to give lawmakers time to cure deficiencies in two statutory provisions. ...Read More | |||
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June Will Feature Pair of Workers' Compensation Conferences | 05/11/2017 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Registration has opened for two conferences: The 20th Workers’ Compensation Conference and the 3rd Annual Physicians/Attorney Education Conference. ...Read More | |||
