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	NJCRIB Announces New Fines for Late Submissions		09/20/2018

	State: NJ \| Segment: NORTH \| 79 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 9 min read
	The New Jersey Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau has revised its fines for late financial data submissions, the agency announced Wednesday. ...Read More


	Court Tosses Employer's Challenge to Compensability of Assembly Line Worker's Foot Injury		09/20/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: MS \| Segment: SOUTH \| 62 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 2 min read
	The Mississippi Court of Appeals rejected an employer’s challenge to a finding that a worker had suffered a compensable foot injury, since a commission decision had not resolved all of the disputed issues between the parties. ...Read More


	State Making Another Pass at Setting Up Uninsured Employers Fund		09/20/2018

	State: RI \| Segment: NORTH \| 51 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 242 min read
	Rhode Island regulators will make another pass at establishing an uninsured employers fund next year, but it won’t pay medical bills, and benefits will be limited to $50,000 per claim, according to ...Read More


	DOI, NCCI Host WC Seminars Oct. 9-10		09/20/2018

	State: OK \| Segment: SOUTH \| 84 \| 0 \| Popular with Employer \| 90 min read
	The Oklahoma Insurance Department and the National Council on Compensation Insurance will host back-to-back seminars next month to update stakeholders on changes in the industry, including legislation and regulation. ...Read More


	Peanut Processor Facing $309K in OSHA Penalties		09/20/2018

	State: GA \| Segment: SOUTH \| 104 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 17 min read
	A Georgia peanut processor faces $309,505 in penalties after it flunked a re-inspection by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OS...Read More


	Bridge Collapse That Killed Worker Brings $86K in OSHA Penalties		09/20/2018

	State: FL \| Segment: SOUTH \| 86 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 28 min read
	The collapse of a pedestrian bridge in March that killed an employee and injured five others at Florida International University spawned a total of $86,658 in proposed penalties by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. ...Read More


	Alliant Launches Specialty Subsidiary for Complex Risks		09/20/2018

	State: NA \| Segment: NATIONAL \| 111 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 34 min read
	Alliant Insurance Services announced the launch of subsidiary, called Imperium Consulting Group, that will work with clients to better manage commercial risks, and resolve complex claims and disputes. ...Read More


	Rand: Workers With Indemnity Claims Lose 20% of Pre-Injury Wages		09/19/2018
	By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
	State: CA \| Segment: Top \| 567 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 52 min read
	California workers injured in 2013 who received indemnity benefits were earning about 20% less than they would have, while permanently disabled workers earned about 31% less two years after the date of injury, according to a new Rand Corp. study. ...Read More


	Insurance Commissioner Accuses Drugmaker of Paying Kickbacks		09/19/2018

	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 611 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 19 min read
	California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Tuesday accused drug manufacturer AbbVie Inc. of paying kickbacks to doctors who prescribed Humira. ...Read More


	NYCIRB's Transformation Into 'Thought Leader' Welcomed by Stakeholders		09/19/2018
	By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
	State: NY \| Segment: Top \| 170 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 10 min read
	The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board’s two-year effort to transform itself into “an objective and trusted thought leader” for the state’s workers’ comp system is being deemed a success by stakeholders who are often on opposite sides of issues. ...Read More

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NY - Corrections Officer Accused of Working as a Bouncer While on Benefits

09/21/2018 | 42 | 0

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. Benjamin Essenter, 44, of Clifton Park, was arrested and arraigned in the Town of Colonie Justice Court, according to a press release. Essenter claimed he was injured while working as a corrections officer at Coxsackie Correctional Facility in the summer of 2016. He submitted medical examination reports stating... Read More

CA - Columnist: WCAB Move Fits Pattern of Rewarding Friends With Patronage

09/21/2018 | 36 | 0 | 12 min read

California Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to appoint a high school classmate to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board fits with a pattern of rewarding friends with political appointments since the start of his third term in 2011, according to columnist Dan Walters. Juan Pedro Gaffney Walters, a former columnist for the Sacramento Bee who joined the nonprofit CALmatters as a commentary writer in 2017, said that shortly after Brown took office in 2011, he rescinded an appointment his predecessor made to the state community college Board of Governors. Brown’s office exp... Read More

RI - Officials Aren't Itching to Close Courthouse Over Bedbug Sightings

09/21/2018 | 19 | 0

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. Union officials and courthouse regulars have complained for weeks about the itch-causing insects on several floors of the Garrahy Judicial Complex in Providence and don't feel that the issue is being taken seriously, according to local TV news. "It's a serious situation, and I don't know that they're taking it to the level I think it should be taken," said Michael Dow... Read More

FL - FCBI Relocates Headquarters to Orlando

09/21/2018 | 64 | 0

Florida Citrus, Business & Industries Fund announced Thursday that it has moved its corporate headquarters from Alachua, Florida, to Orlando. FCBI, a group self-insurance fund, provides workers’ compensation insurance to more than 7,000 policyholders in Florida. The fund said its relocation has created more than two dozen jobs and it remains committed to growing its workforce in the coming years. The fund earlier this year moved all of its marketing and underwriting functions in-house. When the fund began its operations in in 1977 it focused entirely on providing covera... Read More

CA - Waste Hauler Fined $46K After Worker Fatality

09/21/2018 | 42 | 0

After Bay Area garbage hauler was run over by his own truck, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited his employer for failing to ensure that the truck’s safety restraint was in good working order, and for failing to ensure that that it wasn’t used by workers driving from the right side of the truck. Cal/OSHA said a GreenWaste Recovery worker was run over while collecting recyclables in San Jose on March 2. He was making a turn while operating the truck from the right hand side when he fell out of the vehicle. Cal/OSHA’s inspection determined that the... Read More

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