Workers' Compensation News
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VICE News: HB 2 Reforms Will Exacerbate Black-Lung Epidemic | 07/13/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 164 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read | |||
| An epidemiologist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and a lawyer for miners, on Thursday blasted a workers' compensation law set to take effect this week, saying it will make it harder for coal miners to get care in the middle of the worst black-lung epidemic on record. ...Read More | |||
| CopperPoint's Conversion to Mutual Insurance Holding Company Approved | 07/13/2018 | ||
| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 76 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 39 min read | |||
| CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Co. policyholders have voted to approve changing the company’s corporate structure to a mutual insurance holding company. The conversion, previously approved by CopperPoint’s board of directors and the Arizona Department of Insurance, will take eff...Read More | |||
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Mine Operator Failed to Rebut Presumption That Long-Time Worker Died of Pneumoconiosis | 07/13/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 96 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the widow of a long-time miner was entitled to black-lung benefits, since the man's former employer was unable to rebut the presumption that the employee had died of pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Court Won't Disturb Allocation of Settlement Proceeds That Limited Carrier's Lien | 07/13/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 81 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read | |||
| The Superior Court of Pennsylvania declined to disturb an allocation of settlement proceeds from a third-party tort action that kept 75% of the recovery out of reach for a comp carrier’s subrogation lien. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Claims He Was Fired for Filing Comp Claim | 07/13/2018 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 105 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 1 min read | |||
| A St. Louis man who worked for a manufacturer of seating products has accused his former employer of firing him just days after he filed a workers’ comp claim. ...Read More | |||
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SAIF Announces $7.9 Million Retro Return for AGC Program | 07/13/2018 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 65 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 1 min read | |||
| Oregon’s SAIF Corp. announced a $7.9 million retrospective return for the 638 companies that participated in the group workers’ compensation program it runs with the Associated General Contractors. ...Read More | |||
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Greg Andrews Joins Alliant as SVP | 07/13/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 92 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 32 min read | |||
| Greg Andrews has joined the Employee Benefits Group of Alliant as a senior vice president, based in New York. Andrews will provide customized benef...Read More | |||
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Court Vacates Award for Nurse Due to Procedural Error, Lack of Evidentiary Support | 07/13/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 73 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| An Arizona appellate court overturned a worker’s award for a facial scar and injury to her thumb due to a procedural error and lack of support in the record. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Worker's Personal Injury Suit Against Employers | 07/13/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 128 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 3 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court threw out a worker’s personal injury suit against her employers, finding she was limited to a recovery of workers’ compensation benefits as a matter of law. ...Read More | |||
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MLAC Reviewing 2019 Legislative Proposals | 07/13/2018 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 88 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read | |||
| Oregon’s joint labor-management workers’ compensation advisory panel said it is ready to start reviewing legislative proposals for the 2019 session. ...Read More | |||
