Workers' Compensation News
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Ex-Employees Charge Retaliation Over Shooting Range Comp Claims | 10/11/2018 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 464 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 317 min read | |||
| Six employees of a Philadelphia shooting range have filed a lawsuit, alleging that they were fired after they filed workers' compensation claims over respiratory injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Expert Opinions Properly Excluded Due to Truck Driver's Failure to Disclose Witnesses | 10/09/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 122 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 3 min read | |||
| A divided federal appellate court panel ruled that a truck driver’s failure to name his expert witnesses was fatal to his ability to prove causation for injuries from a fall. ...Read More | |||
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Employer That Disciplined Workers for Injuries Ordered to Pay $100K | 10/09/2018 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 170 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 34 min read | |||
| A federal district judge upheld a $100,000 award to a Wisconsin employee who was fired for committing an “unsafe act” after reporting that he had twisted his ankle, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said. ...Read More | |||
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Effective Date for E-Billing Rules Postponed to July 1 | 10/09/2018 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 141 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 59 min read | |||
| The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission has delayed the effective date for proposed electronic billing regulations and made several revisions after hearing public comments. ...Read More | |||
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Experts Say More Work Needed to Control Opioids | 10/04/2018 | |
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| By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 340 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 78 min read | |||
| WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia — Workers’ compensation programs have dramatically reduced the amount of opioids used by injured workers, but more remains to be done to treat the addicts who were created when controls were lax, and to educate physicians and patients to prevent new ad...Read More | |||
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Environmental Hazards Put Health Care Workers at Risk, Chubb Says | 10/03/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 154 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read | |||
| A variety of environmental exposures at health care facilities, from mold to infectious diseases to hazardous waste, may put workers and patients at risk, according to a new white paper from Chubb. ...Read More | |||
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Equitable Principles Did Not Bar County From Denying Employment Relationship With Investigator | 10/03/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 95 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that a county commission was entitled to summary judgment dismissing an investigator’s occupational disease claim on the basis that he was not a county employee. ...Read More | |||
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Employee's Crushed Arm Brings $213K in OSHA Penalties | 10/03/2018 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 164 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 5 min read | |||
| An industrial accident that crushed an employee's arm brought $213,411 in penalties against an Ohio manufacturer, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said. ...Read More | |||
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Everest Promotes Karmilowicz, Sandler to Segment President Positions | 10/01/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 140 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 159 min read | |||
| Everest Insurance has promoted Mike Karmilowicz to president of Everest Specialty Underwriters, and Dave Sandler to president of the Risk Management Group. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Force Injured Worker to Arbitrate Claims of Discrimination, Retaliation | 09/26/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 164 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 6 min read | |||
| A Missouri appellate court ruled that an employer could not compel arbitration of an injured worker’s discrimination and retaliation claims, since there was no enforceable agreement to arbitrate. ...Read More | |||
