Workers' Compensation News
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N.M. Calls Conservation Order Superfluous; Status of CIC Policies Uncertain
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11/11/2019
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 599 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 28 min read
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California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara can’t stop California Insurance Co. from fleeing the state and leaving employers without valid workers’ compensation coverage because the carrier already left in October, according to regulators in New Mexico.
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WCF Opioid Program Cuts Initial Prescription Rate in Half
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11/11/2019
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: UT | Segment: Top | 174 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 43 min read
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Enforcement of an opioid-prescribing guideline for acute pain reduced by half the percentage of new claims in which opioids were prescribed, according to a study from Mitchell and Utah-based workers’ comp insurer WCF.
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When Insurer Won't Share Info, Just Request a Swimming Pool
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11/11/2019
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: WV | Segment: Top | 196 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 14 min read
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When a new chief workers' compensation judge takes charge next month, claimants' attorneys in West Virginia are hoping he can address a gap in the rules that has forced lawyers to take extreme measures just to see insurance carriers' denial orders.
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Board Errs in Denying Worker's Penalty Petition
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11/11/2019
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 84 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read
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The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers' Compensation Board erred in denying a worker’s request for penalties after determining that a form had correctly referred to the legal standard for a "chronic condition" award.
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Friedlander to Pay 22.5% Dividend to Wholesale Group
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11/11/2019
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 105 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read
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Friedlander Group, a workers’ comp safety group manager, announced a 22.5% dividend paid to members of the Wholesale Group of New York Workers’ Compensation Safety Group No. 551.
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Automobile Liability Carrier Can't Avoid Coverage for Accident
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11/11/2019
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State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 92 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 249 min read
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The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an automobile liability insurance carrier could not avoid responsibility to cover a third-party user of an insured vehicle who caused personal injuries to an employee of an insured.
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Two Business Owners Convicted of Work Comp Fraud
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11/11/2019
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 113 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 22 min read
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Two northeast Ohio businessmen must pay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation nearly $1.3 million in restitution following their convictions on fraud charges in separate, unrelated cases.
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Court Tosses Worker's Negligence, Labor Law Suit
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11/11/2019
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 127 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read
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A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claim for negligence and violation of the Labor Law against the telecommunications companies that had leased space on his employer’s roof.
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