Workers' Compensation News
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WCRI: Medical Costs Per Claim Rise in Most, but Not All, States | 10/19/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 252 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 86 min read | |||
| Virginia, Iowa and Wisconsin had the fastest rates of growth in medical costs per workers’ comp claim among 18 states examined in a series of reports released Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Protz 'Fix' Applauded, but May Mean More Litigation | 10/19/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 298 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 53 min read | |||
| Insurers and employer groups are celebrating after the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed House Bill 1840, known as the “Protz Fix,” be...Read More | |||
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Employer's Immunity Shielded Truck Driver Trainee's Mentor From Suit | 10/19/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 122 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 2 min read | |||
| The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals last week ruled that a truck driver trainee could not proceed with a tort claim against his mentor for negligently falling asleep behind the wheel as they were traveling across Iowa. ...Read More | |||
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Four Convicted in $10M Pain Cream Scam | 10/19/2018 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 142 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 5 min read | |||
| Four Arkansas residents pleaded guilty to defrauding the U.S. military’s TriCare health insurance program by paying patient recruiters to find beneficiaries willing to accept compounded pain creams prescribed in the name of a physician who never saw the patients, federal prosecutors said Th...Read More | |||
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House Committee Passes Generous Cancer Presumption Bill | 10/19/2018 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 94 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 51 min read | |||
| Perhaps the 12th time is the charm. The New Jersey House Labor Committee on Thursday approved the Thomas Canzanella 21st Century First Responders A...Read More | |||
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Claimant Who Worked on Farm While on Comp to Serve Jail Time | 10/19/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 91 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 28 min read | |||
| Sergio Forte (booking photo) An...Read More | |||
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OSHA Inspection Program Will Use Employers' Electronically Submitted Data | 10/19/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 75 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 10 min read | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched a program to target employers with high rates of injury and illness, as well as those that failed to submit required data for 2016. ...Read More | |||
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6th Circuit Upholds Jury's Verdict for Injured Worker on ADA Claim | 10/19/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 101 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld a jury verdict in favor of a worker on his claim that his employer had discriminated against him because of his disability from an industrial injury. ...Read More | |||
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Bevin Appoints CFO to Represent Labor on Funding Commission | 10/19/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 34 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 881 min read | |||
| Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has appointed Timothy Densler to the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Funding Commission. ...Read More | |||
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Declining Frequency, Severity Drive 5% Rate Cut | 10/19/2018 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 88 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 14 min read | |||
| Declining frequency and average claim severity in New Mexico helped drive a 5% rate cut for 2019, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s State Advisory Forum. ...Read More | |||
