Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Had Immunity for Civil Claim for Worker's Death, But Co-Employee Doesn't | 06/18/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 85 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 12 min read | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that the family of a construction worker could not proceed with a tort claim against his employer for a fatal accident, but the court revived the family’s claim against a co-employee. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Award for Back Injury; Employer Gets Credit for Disability Benefits Paid | 06/18/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 86 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a worker for her back injury, as reduced to account for the benefits that her employer had paid under an employer-funded disability plan. ...Read More | |||
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Woman Pleads to Forging Dead Mom's Signature to WC Checks | 06/18/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 94 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 3 min read | |||
| A Rochester woman pleaded guilty this week to forging her dead mom's signature and collecting $2,400 in workers' compensation benefits. Devon ...Read More | |||
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Bronx Mover Was Shaking Off the Law, Collecting $19,000 in WC Benefits | 06/18/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 107 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| New York authorities this week charged a man with stealing more than $19,000 in workers' compensation benefits after he claimed injury in Connecticut and began work for a moving company in the Bronx. ...Read More | |||
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Bookkeeper Sentenced for Defrauding Comp Lawyer of $1.5 Million | 06/18/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 155 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read | |||
| A well-known workers' compensation lawyer and longtime Miami Marlins baseball "super fan" has been defrauded of $1.5 million by his own bookkeeper, authorities said. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Settlement of Comp Claims Released FEHA Action Against Employer | 06/15/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1188 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 39 min read | |||
| A California appellate court this week ruled that a pizzeria employee’s settlement of his workers’ compensation claim waived his ability to bring a civil action against his employer for violations of the Fair Employment and Housing Act. ...Read More | |||
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Surgeon's Arrest Prompted by Tip About Applicant Fraud | 06/15/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1270 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 21 min read | |||
| An investigation that led to the arrest of a Northern California doctor for allegedly overbilling insurers for X-rays got its start during a probe into suspected fraud by an applicant, a prosecutor said Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Implications of URAC Accreditation to Be Discussed During Conference | 06/15/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 373 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 83 min read | |||
| The implications of URAC accreditation for California’s workers’ comp utilization review system will be discussed at 8:30 a.m. Saturday during a California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery conference in Long Beach. ...Read More | |||
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State's High Court Says Payment for Marijuana Can't Be Ordered | 06/15/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: ME | Segment: Top | 578 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 70 min read | |||
| An employer cannot be ordered to reimburse an injured worker for medical marijuana, because such a payment would be “aiding and abetting” a violation of federal law, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Brown Named First Woman to Head Workers' Comp Division | 06/15/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 205 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 101 min read | |||
| A longtime state government insider has been named the first woman to lead the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation. ...Read More | |||
