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Jennifer Carter Joins Brown & Brown as Commercial Lines Adviser | 09/24/2018 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 29 | 0 | |||
| Jennifer Carter has joined Brown & Brown Gulf States as a commercial lines insurance and risk adviser in the Gulfport, Mississippi, office. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Gets Award for Husband's Fatal Heart Attack | 09/24/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 82 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 33 min read | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to the widow of a communications department supervisor who had a fatal heart attack while monitoring radio systems during a police standoff. ...Read More | |||
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ARAWC Names Jeff Pettegrew as Chief Policy Officer | 09/24/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 77 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 52 min read | |||
| The Association for Responsible Alternatives to Workers’ Compensation, a group that has advocated for workers’ comp opt-out programs, has appointed Jeff Pettegrew as its chief policy officer. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Accepting Comments on Proposed Transitional Work Grant Rule | 09/24/2018 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 55 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is proposing a change to the rule on transitional work development grants to loosen the minimum qualifications for a transitional work developer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Clarifies Timing Requirements for Return-to-Work Notice | 09/24/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 71 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 10 min read | |||
| The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled that an employer’s issuance of a notice of an employee’s ability to return to work was promptly issued where the notice accompanied a written job offer with no expiration date. ...Read More | |||
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Bug-Sniffing Dogs to Check for Bedbugs at WC Court | 09/24/2018 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 113 | 0 | Popular with Medical | 42 min read | |||
| Courthouse officials agreed to bring in bug-sniffing dogs to find bedbugs that have brought numerous complaints from workers. After a meeting with emp...Read More | |||
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Ethics Board Clears Governor for Accepting Sedgwick Flights | 09/24/2018 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 38 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read | |||
| The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board on Thursday cleared Gov. Kim Reynolds of any wrongdoing after she accepted trips on a private jet owned by a top official with claims-management company Sedgwick. ...Read More | |||
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Commission's Weighing of Conflicting Evidence Justified Coverage for Surgery | 09/24/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 55 | 0 | Popular with Employer | 4 min read | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission granting coverage for a worker’s surgery, finding that substantial evidence supported a conclusion that the procedure was necessary. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Training in Louisville Oct. 22-26 | 09/24/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 133 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 58 min read | |||
| Kentucky's state-run workplace safety agency will offer another round of free training Oct. 22-26, this time in Louisville. The free...Read More | |||
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Doctor Challenges Jury Instructions in Appeal of Fraud Conviction | 09/21/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 948 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read | |||
| A doctor serving a 10-year prison sentence says the federal jury in Southern California that convicted him of 39 counts of fraud wasn’t properly instructed on how to interpret the law prohibiting kickbacks. ...Read More | |||
