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	OSHA Resumes Regular Enforcement Following Hurricane Harvey		10/13/2017
	State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 383 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which had ceased most programmed enforcement actions following Hurricane Harvey, resumed normal enforcement throughout Texas and Louisiana on Tuesday. ...Read More

	Chiropractors Accused of Fraudulent Billing		10/13/2017
	State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 263 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Two Atlanta-area chiropractors have been arraigned on federal conspiracy and fraud charges after being accused of submitting false claims to carriers, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia ...Read More

	City Votes to Cover Remaining Portion of Salary for Officer on TTD		10/13/2017
	State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 334 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The city of Baxter Springs has voted to cover the portion of an injured police officer's salary that is not covered by workers' compensation, ...Read More

	Worker Failed to Provide Timely Notice That Back Injury Was Work-Related		10/13/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 301 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker failed to provide timely notice of a work-related back injury to her employer even though she had presented a doctor’s note. ...Read More

	Permanent Impairment Benefits Denied for Worker With Knee Injury		10/13/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 277 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to an award of permanent partial disability benefits, since two of the three doctors who evaluated him found no evidence of permanent impairment. ...Read More

	High Court Unanimously Upholds Constitutionality of Cap on Attorney Fees for Treatment Disputes		10/13/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 460 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of the state’s statutory cap on attorney fees for successful protests of medical treatment denials. ...Read More

	Summit Pharmacy Extends Agreement With Liberty Mutual		10/13/2017
	State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 260 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Workers’ compensation pharmacy Summit Pharmacy Inc. has entered into an agreement with Liberty Mutual Insurance Group to continue providing prescription medication and pharmacy services to injured workers. Based in Phoenix, Summit Pharmacy fills prescriptions and manages the claims ...Read More

	Worker Had No New Injury, but Exacerbation of Prior Condition		10/13/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 458 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	A New York appellate court ruled that substantial evidence supported the Workers’ Compensation Board’s determination that a worker had suffered an exacerbation of a prior knee injury, not a new injury. ...Read More

	No Loss of Wage Award for Former NYU Accountant With Respiratory Conditions		10/13/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 483 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	A New York appellate court ruled that an accountant with compensable respiratory ailments was not entitled to an award for a loss in her wage-earning capacity after she quit her job at New York University to take a part-time position. ...Read More

	Roofer Charged With Stealing Child's Identity to Defraud Insurer		10/13/2017
	State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 234 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	A Tampa man is accused of stealing a child’s Social Security number to obtain employment and then collect $21,000 in workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More