Workers' Compensation News
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Cardiologist Pleads Guilty to Distributing Opioids | 11/28/2018 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 154 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 130 min read | |||
| A cardiologist in northern Nevada pleaded guilty to illegally distributing oxycodone and hydrocodone to patients without a medical purpose, federal prosecutors announced. ...Read More | |||
| Carrier Can't Independently Pursue Claim against 3rd-Party Tortfeasor | 11/27/2018 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 147 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 187 min read | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week ruled that an insurance carrier cannot pursue a claim against a third-party tortfeasor responsible for causing injury to an insured’s employee without an express assignment of rights, or the employee’s participation as a party. Three ye...Read More | |||
| Construction to Begin on Applied Underwriters Operations Center | 11/27/2018 | ||
| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 625 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 37 min read | |||
| Construction is expected to start next year on Applied Underwriters’ new 55-acre office campus in Omaha, Nebraska, which will house the workers’ comp insurer’s national operations center. The 450,000-square-foot campus will accommodate up to 2,000 workers. An Applie...Read More | |||
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Catering Co. Worker Didn't Prove Status as Independent Contractor | 11/26/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 110 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 423 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a catering company’s worker was not entitled to summary judgment on the question of whether he was an employee without a civil remedy for an alleged on-the-job injury. ...Read More | |||
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Christopher Lowell to Head The Hartford's Small Business Innovation Lab | 11/21/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 110 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 65 min read | |||
| The Hartford has appointed Christopher Lowell to lead its Small Business Innovation Lab, a project aimed at achieving growth at the company through the use of data, digital technology and insurtech partnerships. ...Read More | |||
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Clerk Offering Training on TNComp in December | 11/21/2018 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 105 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| Penny Shrum The Tennessee Court of Workers&rsqu...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Reduction in Construction Manager's Wage-Earning Capacity Rating | 11/21/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 116 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 18 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board properly reduced a worker’s loss of wage-earning capacity assessment based on his retained functional and vocational abilities after an on-the-job accident. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Application of Medical Treatment Guidelines to Services Provided Out of State | 11/21/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 153 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 27 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the state’s medical treatment guidelines continue to apply to a worker who moved out of state and received pain management services. ...Read More | |||
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Consumer Privacy Law Has Implications for Comp Industry | 11/20/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 942 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 63 min read | |||
| Consumer privacy legislation that California lawmakers rushed through the Capitol to fend off a ballot initiative could be extremely disruptive for the state’s workers’ compensation system, with the potential to create confusion, push litigation and drive up costs. ...Read More | |||
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Construction Company Cited for Fatal Trench Accident | 11/20/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 475 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 14 min read | |||
| California’s workplace safety regulator fined a construction company $141,075 for nine violations following an investigation into an April 23 trenc...Read More | |||
