Workers' Compensation News


	Worker Can't Sue Employer for Trying to Make Him Pose as Contractor		07/13/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: MI \| Segment: NORTH \| 113 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 6 min read
	A divided Michigan Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker has no civil remedy against his direct employer for allegedly pressing him to pose as an independent contractor. ...Read More


	VICE News: HB 2 Reforms Will Exacerbate Black-Lung Epidemic		07/13/2018

	State: KY \| Segment: SOUTH \| 176 \| 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 \| 81 \| 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


	Mine Operator Failed to Rebut Presumption That Long-Time Worker Died of Pneumoconiosis		07/13/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NA \| Segment: NATIONAL \| 104 \| 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


	Court Won't Disturb Allocation of Settlement Proceeds That Limited Carrier's Lien		07/13/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: PA \| Segment: NORTH \| 87 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 185 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


	Worker Claims He Was Fired for Filing Comp Claim		07/13/2018

	State: MO \| Segment: SOUTH \| 111 \| 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


	SAIF Announces $7.9 Million Retro Return for AGC Program		07/13/2018

	State: OR \| Segment: WEST \| 75 \| 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


	Greg Andrews Joins Alliant as SVP		07/13/2018

	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 106 \| 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


	Court Vacates Award for Nurse Due to Procedural Error, Lack of Evidentiary Support		07/13/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: AZ \| Segment: WEST \| 81 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 3 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


	Court Tosses Worker's Personal Injury Suit Against Employers		07/13/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 133 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 8 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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NY - Regulators Approve 11.7% Rate Reduction for Third Cut in Three Years

07/18/2018 | 95 | 0 | 2 min read

The New York Department of Financial Services has approved an overall loss-cost rate decrease of 11.7%, the third straight year that the department has fully endorsed a recommended rate cut. The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board recommended the latest reduction in May, and the DFS approved it last week. It takes effect Oct. 1. The recommended change, following a 4.5% reduction a year ago, was based on the latest statistical data reported by the rating board’s member carriers and reflects the application of generally accepted actuarial principles and methodologies, the b... Read More

CA - Remaining Defendants in Pain Relief Health Center Case Plead Guilty

07/18/2018 | 312 | 0 | 3 min read

A chiropractor accused of running medical mills in Los Angeles and California’s Central Valley pleaded guilty to a single count of aiding and abetting health care fraud, and a psychologist charged with paying kickbacks for referrals pleaded guilty to fraud. Bahar Gharib-Danesh, a chiropractor in Woodland Hills, pleaded guilty July 5 to aiding the fraudulent activities of another chiropractor. Danesh signed a plea agreement saying she directed staff to forward to a third-party billing agency invoices submitted by a person identified as “N.E.” Danesh forwarded the invoic... Read More

CA - Paragon Expands to San Diego, Hires Senior Vice President

07/18/2018 | 113 | 0 | 5 min read

Connecticut-based Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC opened a new office in San Diego, and hired Robert Etzler as senior vice president and director of workers’ compensation. Etzler held leadership roles at Cypress Point-Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Atlas General insurance Services and Midwestern Insurance Alliance prior to joining Paragon, the agency said in a statement. Paragon, a national multi-line specialty managing general agency based in Avon, Connecticut, also announced that it opened a new office in downtown San Diego. The company said it is in negotiations with other indus... Read More

WA - L&I Fines Asbestos Removal Co. $229,700

07/18/2018 | 46 | 0

The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries fined an asbestos removal company $229,700 for exposing workers and the public to unsafe conditions. The department said in a statement that Above & Beyond Asbestos Removal is also under further review for having “demonstrated a continuous indifference to Washington’s asbestos handling rules which protect workers and the public from harm.” Inspections at two job sites found similar violations, according to L&I. Above & Beyond was hired to remove boiler insulation at a Seattle apartment complex. The co... Read More

MA - Democratic Candidate Lacks Work Comp Insurance

07/18/2018 | 87 | 0 | 19 min read

A Democratic candidate for the Massachusetts governor’s office neglected to purchase workers’ compensation insurance for his campaign staff, a possible violation of state law, The Boston Globe reported. Bob Massie The newspaper said that a spokesman for the state Office of Labor and Workforce Development confirmed that the Friends of Bob Massie committee did not have an insurance policy in place and that it has referred the matter to the Department of Industrial Relations “for further inquiry.” The Massie campaign told the Globe that it was “working to addres... Read More

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