Workers' Compensation News
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Judge Says Surveillance Results Are Medical Evidence
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01/30/2013
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State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Bill Kidd, Central Bureau ChiefAn Iowa district court judge says surveillance of injured workers by insurers and employers must be released when requested by the workers or their attorneys rather than being held until the i...Read More
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JCC Has No Sua Sponte Duty to Appoint EMA
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01/17/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A judge of compensation claims has no independent duty to appoint an expert medical advisor to resolve disagreements over medical evidence.Case: Quiroga v. First Baptist Church at Weston, No. 1D12-2976, 01/16/2013, published.Facts: Alvaro ...Read More
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Judge Rebukes Attorney for 'Dismissive Attitude' Toward Law
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12/31/2012
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Montana Workers' Compensation Court judge on Thursday issued an order rebuking a claimant attorney for pursuing a trial on a claim over which the court had no jurisdiction on the basis that counsel thought the statutorily mandated requirement that the claim first be mediated was "pointles...Read More
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Jones Corrects Order on Dual-Wage Classifications
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12/19/2012
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has corrected a decision concerning the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau's Jan. 1 rate filing to note that not all of the proposed changes to wage thresholds for dual-wage construction classifications were approved, the WCIRB said in ...Read More
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Judge Must Revisit Admissibility of IME's Opinion, BRB Rules
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12/18/2012
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An administrative law judge must revisit the question of whether an independent medical examiner's opinion should be admissible in a Defense Base Act claim, according to a published decision from the Benefits Review Board.Case: Leyva v. SEIU, No. 12-0111, 11/29/12, published. ...Read More
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Jury Indicts Postal Worker for Fraud
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12/10/2012
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Northern California jury on Thursday indicted a former postal worker for workers’ compensation and wire fraud for making false statements to obtain $160,000 in benefits between August 2006 and November 2012.Mark E. Leung, 58, of South Lake Tahoe, worked for the U.S. Postal Servic...Read More
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Judge Sentences Couple to Prison in 'Pill Mill' Case
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12/10/2012
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A couple involved in operating a "pill mill" in Waverly have been sentenced to federal prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio has announced.Nancy Sadler, 49, of West Portsmouth, was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for operating Ohio Medical and...Read More
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Jones Approves 2.8% Hike in Pure Premium Rate
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12/03/2012
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones late Friday approved a 2.8% hike in the state's advisory pure premium rate, the latest signal that workers' compensation rates will continue to ascend despite the legislature's passage of cost-saving reforms.Jones approved a pure p...Read More
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Judge Freezes NECC Assets in Meningitis Lawsuits
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11/26/2012
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State: MA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefThe federal judge presiding over lawsuits filed by two victims of the fungal meningitis outbreak linked to the New England Compounding Center (NECC) froze $5 million of the company'...Read More
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