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Two Plead Guilty for Roles in Payroll Scheme 05/27/2025
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
A pair of Florida men pleaded guilty to operating a long-running payroll scheme that skirted more than $10 million in federal tax and defrauded workers' compensation carriers. ...Read More
 
 

Bill Authorizing Case Management Services, New Late Payment Penalties Heads to Governor 05/27/2025
State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Vermont General Assembly last week delivered to the governor a bill that would allow injured workers to request medical case management services, and it would create new penalties for late benefit payments. ...Read More
 
 

Elderly, Cancer-Stricken Worker Gets Hardship Reclassification 05/23/2025
State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court upheld a determination that an elderly worker with cancer demonstrated extreme hardship that warranted reclassification. ...Read More
 
 

Bakery to Pay $180,000 for Unabated Hazards 05/23/2025
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that a commercial bakery in New Jersey agreed to pay $180,000 in penalties to resolve litigation over failure to abate hazards cited during an inspection. ...Read More
 
 

High Court to Hear Arguments on Standards for Aggravation of Preexisting Condition 05/23/2025
State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Tennessee Supreme Court on Thursday will hear arguments in a case that seeks to clarify the appropriate standards for the aggravation of preexisting conditions. ...Read More
 
 

WCRI Reports Rapid Growth in Total Costs Per Claim 05/23/2025
State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Workers Compensation Research Institute reports that total costs per claim in Minnesota increased about 10% annually from 2021 to 2023. ...Read More
 
 

PPD Increase, Contractor Coverage Bill Headed to Governor 05/23/2025
State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Oklahoma lawmakers sent the governor a bill that would increase the cap on permanent partial disability benefits by a little more than 4% and allow general contractors to provide comp coverage to subcontractors. ...Read More
 
 

Deputy Sheriff Fails to Link Cervical Condition to Work Injury 05/23/2025
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a deputy sheriff’s cervical stenosis was unrelated to his work injury. ...Read More
 
 

Exclusivity Bars Tort Suit by Worker Who Fell Into Vat of Molten Lead 05/23/2025
State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a grant of summary judgment dismissing the negligence claim by a worker who fell into a vat of molten lead against the company that had hired his employer to perform maintenance work. ...Read More
 
 

Worker Able to Return to Concurrent Employment Can't Get Total Disability Benefits 05/23/2025
State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an Amazon employee was entitled only to temporary partial disability benefits after an injury because he remained able to work. ...Read More
 
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