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Workers' Compensation News

 
Employer Must Pay Comp Lien under Terms of Settlement with Worker 06/23/2015
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to enforcement of the terms of his settlement requiring his employer to satisfy an outstanding workers' compensation lien. Case: Ronkese v. Tilcon New York, No. 520025, 06/11/2015, published. Facts: Richard R...Read More
 
 
Ex-Corrections Officer Pleads No Contest to Fraud 06/22/2015
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
A former Jamestown correctional officer who said he was injured on the job pleaded no contest to workers’ compensation insurance fraud after investigators found him rock climbing, snowshoeing and hiking for 50 miles, according to a release from the Sacramento County District Attorney’...Read More
 
 
EPIC Hires Ingber to Manage WC Program in Birmingham 06/19/2015
State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Dana Ingber EPIC Insuranc...Read More
 
 

El Monte City Treasurer's WC Claim under Investigation 06/18/2015
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
Jerry Velasco The El...Read More
 
 
Employer Was Subject to 20% Penalty on unpaid Conciliation Award 06/16/2015
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court ruled that an employer's failure to timely pay a worker an award that was reached through the conciliation process was subject to a penalty representing 20% of the unpaid award. Case: Matter of Liberius v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp., No. 5198...Read More
 
 

Explosion in Rail Car Results in Company Receiving $47K in Proposed Penalties from OSHA 06/08/2015
State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Employer Gets 2nd Chance to Prove Entitlement to Reimbursement for Death Benefit Payments 06/03/2015
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court ordered the State Workers' Compensation Board to re-evaluate whether an employer might be eligible for reibursement from the Special Disability Fund for its payment of death benefits to the widow of a worker who had died from lung cancer. Case...Read More
 
 
Enstar Reinsures WC Carve Outs from Voya Subsidiary 06/02/2015
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
An Enstar subsidiary has entered into two co-insurance agreements with ReliaStar Life Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Voya Financial, Inc., by reinsuring all of the run-off made from workers’ compensation carve-outs.  In the agreement, Enstar took over $290 million in gross disc...Read More
 
 

Epic Hires new Reno Broker, Expands to Larger Offices 05/27/2015
State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
Epic Insurance Brokers and Consultants has moved into larger offices in Reno, Nevada, and hired a new commercial insurance broker for the location. ...Read More
 
 
Employer Can't Change Settlement Made before ALJ's Ruling Was Known 05/22/2015
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a worker and his employer entered into a valid settlement agreement, even though they did so without realizing the administrative law judge had ruled on the worker's claim one day prior. Case: Cross Maintenance v. Riddle, Nos. 2014-CA-001485-WC...Read More
 
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