Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Can't Rely on Report by Physician Assistant to Establish Impairment | 10/16/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 103 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 135 min read | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits, fees and penalties to an injured worker but found that he could not rely on the opinion of a physician assistant to establish his level of impairment. ...Read More | |||
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American Financial Group to Acquire ABA Insurance Services | 10/16/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 72 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 332 min read | |||
| American Financial Group has reached an agreement to acquire ABA Insurance Services Inc. from American Bankers Mutual Insurance Ltd. Under the agre...Read More | |||
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BWC Proposing Rule Changes on Behavior Assessment, Lumbar Surgery | 10/16/2018 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 87 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 36 min read | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is proposing changes to rules relating to behavior assessment and intervention services, payment for lumbar fusion surgery, and medical treatment reimbursement requests. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Carrier's Challenge to Authorization of Surgery | 10/16/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 79 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 69 min read | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to shoulder surgery, since his employer’s insurance carrier failed to prove that the state’s associate medical director erred in finding that the procedure was in accordance with the Medical Treatment Guidelines. ...Read More | |||
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Commission to Consider Adoption of Document Filing Rules | 10/16/2018 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 78 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 42 min read | |||
| The North Carolina Industrial Commission will review adoption of 13 proposed rule amendments and the repeal of another during a meeting in Raleigh on Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Carrier's Untimely Challenge to Award of Death Benefits | 10/16/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 67 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of an insurance carrier’s belatedly filed challenge of liability for the payment of benefits for a worker who died of lung cancer. ...Read More | |||
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Uncontroverted Testimony About Fall From Scaffold Established Labor Law Claims | 10/16/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 121 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 58 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to a construction worker for his fall from a scaffold that lacked safety rails. ...Read More | |||
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Lawyer Suspended Months After Pleading to Defrauding Federal WC Program | 10/16/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 142 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 5 min read | |||
| More than a year after pleading guilty to defrauding the federal workers' compensation system, a Dallas-area lawyer with roots in Zimbabwe has been disbarred. ...Read More | |||
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Advisory Council to Hold Hearing on WC Changes Nov. 12 | 10/16/2018 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 88 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 69 min read | |||
| The Wisconsin Workers' Compensation Advisory Council will hold a public hearing Nov. 12 to hear input on changes needed to the state's compensation laws and regulations. ...Read More | |||
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Payment to PTP for Med-Legal Work Depends on Facts | 10/15/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1571 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 33 min read | |||
| California’s Labor Code and Medical-Legal Fee Schedule both appear to allow a primary treating physician to perform a comprehensive medical-legal report, but the laws and rules are anything but clear. ...Read More | |||
