Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Verdict for Worker on Labor Law Claim
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02/19/2020
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 98 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 7 min read
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A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to a favorable verdict on his Labor Law claim and that he was entitled to post-judgment relief.
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Former Fire Captain Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
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02/19/2020
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 224 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 16 min read
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A former captain with the San Antonio Fire Department was sentenced to two years of probation and one year of psychiatric counseling after pleading guilty to fraud for forging a supervisor's signature on insurance claims that said he was unable to work because of an injury, according to a ...Read More
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Cook Accused of Fraud Over Injuries Sustained From Horseplay
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02/18/2020
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 715 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 49 min read
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The California Department of Insurance announced that a cook was arrested on multiple felony fraud counts for filing a workers’ compensation claim for injuries he sustained while wrestling with a coworker.
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Committees Pass Measure to Amend Weekly Wage Calculation
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02/18/2020
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By: Tonika Reed (Reporter)
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State: HI | Segment: Top | 198 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 44 min read
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A pair of Hawaii legislative committees last week passed a bill that would change the method for calculating average weekly wages by removing a provision requiring consideration only of earnings at the time of the injury.
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Committee Schedules Hearing on Licensed Nurse Bill
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02/18/2020
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 128 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 26 min read
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Florida lawmakers are scheduled to hear testimony today on a bill that would authorize an employer or workers’ compensation carrier to use a licensed nurse registry to provide attendant care services for an injured worker.
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Measures Propose to Define Employee, Create Presumptions and Finance Old Fund
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02/18/2020
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State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 104 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 6 min read
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Lawmakers in West Virginia this year will hear measures that would create a 20-factor test to decide whether a person is an employee covered by workers’ compensation, add three types of cancer to the list of conditions presumed to arise out of employment for firefighters and allow the insur...Read More
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Bills Would Allow PTSD Claims by First Responders
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02/18/2020
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State: NA | Segment: SOUTH | 128 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 32 min read
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Bills introduced in Alabama and South Carolina would allow first responders in both states to receive workers’ compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder.
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