Workers' Compensation News
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Contractor to Pay Restitution for Failure to Provide Coverage | 06/21/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 88 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read | |||
| An Upstate New York contractor was ordered to pay $8,500 in restitution and fines for failing to provide workers’ compensation insurance during a siding and roof repair project in Aurelius, the online edition of ...Read More | |||
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Record Did Not Support Finding as to Cause of Worker's Departure From Labor Market | 06/21/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 78 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 10 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a Workers’ Compensation Board finding as to the cause of an injured worker’s departure from the labor market as being unsupported by the evidence. ...Read More | |||
| Church Mutual Appoints Assistant VP for Risk Control | 06/21/2018 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 83 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 10 min read | |||
| Guy Russ Chu...Read More | |||
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Impairment Rating for Pain Didn't Establish That Worker Had Lost Use of Foot | 06/21/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 58 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to benefits from the state Second Injury Fund, since he failed to prove a condition that pre-dated his most recent industrial injury resulted in the loss of use of his foot. ...Read More | |||
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WC Agency Publishes New Medical Fee Schedules | 06/21/2018 | |
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| State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 89 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 32 min read | |||
| North Dakota's workers' compensation agency has released updated medical fee schedules, effective July 1. For most medical procedures, the r...Read More | |||
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Radiologist Sentenced to 10 Years in Kickback Scheme | 06/20/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2210 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 32 min read | |||
| A Southern California radiologist who prosecutors say turned down a plea deal last year was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a kickback scheme that a federal judge said called into question the necessity of some of the services provided to injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Rules Committee Schedules Confirmation Hearing for Parisotto | 06/20/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 372 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 76 min read | |||
| The head of California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation will appear before the Senate Rules Committee for a confirmation hearing later today. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Labor Committee Passes Breast Cancer Rating Bill | 06/20/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 428 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 87 min read | |||
| Members of the Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations unanimously passed a bill that would identify conditions that California doctors must assess when determining the impairment rating for occupational breast cancer. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Allows Acupuncturists to Treat Workers; Another Bill Makes Workplace Negligence a Felony | 06/20/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 149 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read | |||
| The New York Assembly late Tuesday passed a bill that would let acupuncturists be reimbursed for treating injured workers. The chamber also endorsed what's been named Carlos' Law, which would make criminal negligence in workplaces a third-degree felony, punishable by imprisonme...Read More | |||
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Statutes Barring Recovery for 'Concubines,' 'Fornicators' Don't Bar Dependency Claims | 06/20/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NA | Segment: SOUTH | 198 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 17 min read | |||
| Year after year, the number of American adults who are cohabitating with an unmarried partner continues to rise. According to the Pew Research Center...Read More | |||
