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Workers' Compensation News
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ISEA Standard Addresses Prevention of Falling Objects | 07/17/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 68 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 13 min read | |||
| The International Safety Equipment Association has developed a new national standard on how employers can prevent workers from being struck by falling objects. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Expanding Role of Nurses, Loosening Appeal Rules | 07/17/2018 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 130 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 44 min read | |||
| Hawaii Gov. David Ige signed into law a bill allowing some nurses to certify that a person suffers from an occupational disability, and allowing injured workers to appeal a benefit denial anywhere in the state. ...Read More | |||
| York Risk Services Acquires TPA Business From Key Risk | 07/17/2018 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 112 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 10 min read | |||
| York Risk Services Group has acquired the third-party administration business of Key Risk Management Services, a member of the W.R. Berkley Corp. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, Key Risk specializes in workers’ comp claims management and offers risk management services....Read More | |||
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Court Revives Injured Worker's Medical Malpractice Claim Against Surgeon | 07/17/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 113 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division revived an injured worker’s malpractice claim against her treating doctor, finding that she had timely filed her suit within two years of learning of the existence of a possible claim. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Unemployment Benefits to Worker Returning From TTD Status | 07/17/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 65 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 2 min read | |||
| The Vermont Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an injured worker was not entitled to unemployment benefits after his period of temporary total disability ended because he did not have sufficient earnings. ...Read More | |||
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Hand Amputation Brings $109K in Fines Against Manufacturer | 07/17/2018 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 34 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read | |||
| An industrial accident that cost a Georgia worker a portion of his hand will cost his employer $109,548 in penalties if sanctions proposed by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration are upheld. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Adopts Rules for WC Exemptions | 07/17/2018 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 105 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 104 min read | |||
| The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission on Monday gave notice that it has adopted emergency rules that allow business owners to exempt themselves from workers' compensation coverage by filing an affidavit. ...Read More | |||
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Schroeder Named Court Administrator | 07/17/2018 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 85 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 6 min read | |||
| Longtime workers' compensation attorney Jill Gradwohl Schroeder has been named administrator for the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Ponders How to Notify Workers of Benefits' End, 15 Years Later | 07/17/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 60 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 93 min read | |||
| An advisory committee tasked with outlining the implementation of a major workers' compensation reform bill will meet again July 30, just three weeks after its last gathering. ...Read More | |||
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Five Employers Plead Guilty to $269,000 in Fraud for Lapsed Coverage | 07/17/2018 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 117 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 3 min read | |||
| Five employers and one injured worker have been convicted of defrauding the Ohio workers' compensation system of more than $269,000. “If the...Read More | |||
