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Workers' Compensation News
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FCBI Relocates Headquarters to Orlando | 09/21/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 703 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read | |||
| Florida Citrus, Business & Industries Fund announced Thursday that it has moved its corporate headquarters from Alachua, Florida, to Orlando. ...Read More | |||
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Officials Aren't Itching to Close Courthouse Over Bedbug Sightings | 09/21/2018 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 96 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| Despite calls from labor unions to shut down the courthouse because of bedbugs, court administrators have said it's not such a biting concern and plan to keep the building operating. ...Read More | |||
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Panel Says Judge Improperly Capped Worker's PPD Award | 09/21/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 79 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 18 min read | |||
| The Supreme Court of Tennessee’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that a church employee’s permanent partial disability benefits were improperly capped, since the evidence did not support a finding that she had been fired for stealing. ...Read More | |||
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AmWins Promotes Kristin Downey to Chief Administrative Officer | 09/21/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 90 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 18 min read | |||
| AmWins Group Inc., a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has named Kristin Downey as its chief administrative officer. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Benefits for Consequential Injuries but No Penalties, Attorney Fees | 09/21/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 106 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 25 min read | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld portions a worker’s award for consequential injuries following an injury to his right knee but overturned the assessment of fees and penalties against the employer. ...Read More | |||
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Chamber Wants Special Session on Medical Marijuana Law | 09/21/2018 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 105 | 0 | Popular with Employer | 39 min read | |||
| The Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce is asking lawmakers to delay implementation of a medical marijuana law or at least clarify employers' rights in a special session of the Legislature. ...Read More | |||
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Corrections Officer Accused of Working as a Bouncer While on Benefits | 09/21/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 464 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| A New York corrections officer has been charged with grand larceny and insurance fraud after investigators discovered that he was working as a bouncer in an Albany-area bar while collecting workers’ compensation benefits, the New York Inspector General’s Office said. ...Read More | |||
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Former Reserve National President Named Chief Actuary for Insurance Department | 09/21/2018 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 105 | 0 | Popular with Employer | 7 min read | |||
| The Oklahoma Insurance Department has hired the former president of Reserve National Insurance Co. to be chief actuary for the department. Andrew S...Read More | |||
| DWC Posts Adjustments to Fee Schedule | 09/20/2018 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 350 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 27 min read | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order incorporating into the Official Medical Fee Schedule changes that were made by Medicare. The order updating the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Fee Schedule incorporates the following changes: C...Read More | |||
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DWC Schedules Public Hearing on Med-Legal Fee Schedule Changes | 09/20/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 424 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 77 min read | |||
| The Division of Workers’ Compensation said it will hold a public hearing to discuss changes to the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule after receiving an “overwhelming response” to rules that were proposed in May. ...Read More | |||
