Workers' Compensation News
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Railway Worker Loses Challenge to Dismissal of Retaliation Claim | 07/23/2024 | |
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| The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals denied review of a railway worker’s challenge to the dismissal of his claim he had been terminated in retaliation for his successful pursuit of a Federal Employers Liability Act claim against his former employer. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Former Postal Worker Sentenced to Probation for Fraud | 07/23/2024 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A former U.S. Postal Service worker in Delaware was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay nearly $94,000 in restitution for defrauding the federal workers’ compensation program, according to the Associated Press. ...Read More | |||
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Report: DOE Awards New Contract for Hanford Comp Claims | 06/25/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Energy picked a new company to administer workers’ compensation claims from the Hanford nuclear storage facility in Washington state, according to a report by the Tri-Cit...Read More | |||
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Report: Clearwater Cop Arrested for Alleged Comp, Pension Fraud | 06/21/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A police officer in Clearwater, Florida, was arrested after investigators allegedly observed him engaging in activities that contradicted the limitations he cited when seeking workers’ compensation benefits and a disability pension, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Regulatory Preamble Can Support Award of Black Lung Benefits | 06/14/2024 | |
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| A federal appellate court ruled that an administrative law judge did not err in relying on a regulatory preamble to support an award of black lung benefits to a veteran coal miner. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Lawmaker Failed to Report Outside Employment While Collecting Comp | 06/13/2024 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Insider on Wednesday reported that a state lawmaker received more than $100,000 in workers’ compensation benefits despite having three outside sour...Read More | |||
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Rating Bureau, Comp Commission Ready New Websites | 05/23/2024 | |
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| California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau and the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission on Wednesday announced plans to launch new websites. ...Read More | |||
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Research Group Releases Report on Access to Care | 05/14/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Workers' Compensation Research and Evaluation Group released a new report on access to care in the Lone Star State's workers' compensation system between 2017 and 2022. ...Read More | |||
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Report Cites High Rate of Injury, Assault on NYC Delivery Workers | 04/30/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Gig workers delivering food in New York City report high rates of injury and assaults, according to a study published Monday in the Journal of Urban Health. ...Read More | |||
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Retail Worker With History of Back Issues Fails to Prove Compensable Injury | 04/09/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a Wal-Mart worker with a history of back problems had not established a compensable injury from stocking shelves. ...Read More | |||
