Workers' Compensation News
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Res Judicata Doesn't Bar Employer's Claims Against Former Comp Carrier | 08/22/2024 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court ruled that the doctrine of res judicata did not bar an employer’s claims against its former comp carrier for allegedly misleading it into believing it still had coverage after its policy was canceled. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Accepts Comments on Rule's Title Change | 08/22/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is accepting comments on a proposal to correct a duplicate regulatory section title. The...Read More | |||
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Vocational School Officials Charged in SJDB Fraud Case | 08/21/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of a vocational school in Los Angeles was charged with fraud for billing carriers for services not provided and allegedly paying illegal kickbacks to vocational counselors for referrals, the California Department of Insurance announced. ...Read More | |||
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CHP Arrests Former Officer for Suspected Fraud | 08/21/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Highway Patrol announced that a former officer was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of workers’ compensation fraud. Jordan Lester, 4...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Would Allow Employers to Deny Time Off for 'Business Necessity' | 08/21/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 2 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California employers could deny an injured worker’s request for time off to get medical treatment for business necessity, under a recently amended bill. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Sends Worker's Jones Act Claim Back to State Level | 08/21/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a worker’s Jones Act claims should be sent back to a Texas state court. Shanon Roy Sant...Read More | |||
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NCCI Files New Experience Rating Plan | 08/21/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance filed a proposed Texas-specific experience rating plan. NCCI said the new edition of its Experi...Read More | |||
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Coal Miner Entitled to Presumption of Total Disability, Gets Black Lung Award | 08/21/2024 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a coal miner was entitled to a presumption that he was totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis, and it upheld an award of black lung benefits to him. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Allows Worker to Expand Claim | 08/21/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was entitled to the expansion of his claim to add post-concussional syndrome and post-traumatic headaches. ...Read More | |||
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Crane Service Has Single Citation Reinstated, Another Dismissed | 08/21/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a citation against a crane service provider but reinstated another. Case: Secret...Read More | |||
