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Workers' Compensation News

 
High Court Disciplines Partner in Kansas City Law Firm 09/10/2014
By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday placed on probation the law license of a partner in a Kansas City workers' compensation and personal injury law firm after he admitted to lying to clients about the status of their litigation and entering into settlement agreements without his clients'...Read More
 
 
Hearing Officer Rejects Protest against Maximus IMR Contract Award 09/09/2014
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Department of Industrial Relations did nothing wrong in evaluating and scoring proposals to provide independent medical review services for California’s workers’ compensation system, although its lack of contact with one bidder “is cause for concern,” according to a De...Read More
 
 
Hub International Acquires Southern California P&C Brokerage 09/05/2014
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
Hub International has acquired Peterson Milaney, a southern California property and casualty insurance brokerage. Hub, a global insurance broker, announced the transaction in a Thursday ...Read More
 
 
Heavy Equipment Operator Deserves Lifetime Income Benefits Due to Loss of Use of His Hands 09/04/2014
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
A Texas appellate court ruled that a heavy equipment operator's hand and arm injuries had left him unable to find employment requiring the use of his hands, and therefore that he was entitled to lifetime income benefits. Case: Texas Department of Insurance v. De Los Santos, No. 04-13-...Read More
 
 
Hemic Declares $2.25 Million Dividend 09/04/2014
State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The board of directors at Hawaii Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co. declared a $2.25 million dividend for policyholders who have been with the carrier for more than one policy year and who possess demonstrated safety records. Jason Yoshimi, president and chief financial officer for Hem...Read More
 
 
High Court Says Worker Who Didn't Look for Job for 10 Years Had Abandoned Workforce 09/02/2014
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that an elderly worker, who began collecting Social Security retirement benefits and did not look for work in between periods of temporary total disability in the decade after he left his last job, was ineligible for temporary total dis...Read More
 
 
Homeowner Entitled to Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Worker's Fall from Ladder 08/28/2014
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court ruled that a homeowner was entitled to summary judgment on a worker's Labor Law claim based on his fall from a ladder that didn't belong to her. Case: Warren v. Stepanova, No. 2013-04039, 08/20/2014, published. Facts: Dennis Warren, a carpenter, ...Read More
 
 
Higher Average Wage Bumps Benefits Up Slightly 08/19/2014
State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission announced maximum temporary and permanent total disability benefits increased to $1,341.07 for the period between July 15 and Jan. 14, 2015, because of an increase in the state’s average weekly wage. The maximum benefit for tempora...Read More
 
 
High Court to Review Employee's Entitlement to Return-to-Work Notice 08/18/2014
By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week agreed to review whether an elementary school teacher remained entitled to benefits for a disability brought on by her stress from dealing with a difficult classroom after her employer agreed to re-assign her to a different school. Shirley Hilton i...Read More
 
 
High Court Declines to Extend Medical Providers' Entitlement to Automatic Payment 08/18/2014
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that when an employer fails to give a medical provider notice of its right to intervene in a workers’ compensation proceeding, the medical provider is not entitled to automatic payment of the unpaid medical charges unless the...Read More
 
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