Workers' Compensation News
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Forklift Fatality Brings $130K in Fines Against Distribution Center | 11/08/2018 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 148 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 10 min read | |||
| A Georgia warehouse operator faces $130,112 in penalties by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a worker was killed by a forklift in Savannah. ...Read More | |||
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Freeman Law Firm Opens Offices in Riverside and West Hollywood | 11/05/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 820 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 24 min read | |||
| Brian W. Freeman (WCL photo) ...Read More | |||
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Four Must Pay Restitution in Fraud, Lapsed-Coverage Cases | 11/05/2018 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 461 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| Three Ohio business owners and one worker must pay restitution after they were found guilty of fraud, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced. ...Read More | |||
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Feds Now Using Civil Injunctions to Block Opioid Prescribers | 11/02/2018 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 162 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 13 min read | |||
| A federal judge has permanently barred an Akron doctor from practicing medicine or prescribing opioids. The injunction against Dr. Michael Tric...Read More | |||
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Feds Claim Solakyan Paid Provider Cash for Referrals | 10/31/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1480 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 26 min read | |||
| In addition to the $8.8 million a grand jury alleges Sam Solakyan paid to a marketing and scheduling company for referring work comp patients to his imaging businesses, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, in a new court filing, claims he also made one payment directly to an unnamed provider. ...Read More | |||
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Framing Contractor Fined $225,500 for Nail Gun Violations | 10/31/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 378 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 24 min read | |||
| A California framing contractor is facing $225,500 in fines following an investigation into an accident in which a worker discharged a nail into his arm. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Rejects RICO Claim Against Doctor for Alleged False Testimony | 10/30/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 179 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 26 min read | |||
| A divided federal appeals court panel last week ruled that the statutory scheme designed to bring down organized crime could not be applied to a doctor who allegedly joined a conspiracy to deny coal miners of Black Lung Act benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Farmworker Charged With Fraud After 7th Comp Claim | 12/01/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 266 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read | |||
| A Southern California farmworker is accused of claiming she was injured at work before she had even been hired, and of lying about six previous workplace injuries that she had claimed, Intercare Insurance Services said. ...Read More | |||
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Formulary Regs Committee Meets Wednesday | 10/25/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 131 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 27 min read | |||
| The Kentucky Workers' Compensation Regulatory Advisory Committee will meet Wednesday in what is likely to be one of its last meetings of the year. ...Read More | |||
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Founding Partner of MKRS Law Dead at Age 90 | 10/24/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 211 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 29 min read | |||
| H. Jack Miller, a founding member of the MKRS Law Firm, died peacefully at his home in Coral Gables, Florida, on Thursday. He was 90 years old. ...Read More | |||
