Workers' Compensation News
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Bill to Mandate PDMP Checks on Governor's Desk
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05/09/2016
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State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 362 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 14 min read
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Both chambers of the Arizona Legislature have passed a bill that will require medical providers who prescribe opioids to first check with the state's prescription drug monitoring program database.
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Q1 Net Income Grows 23.4% at Alleghany
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05/09/2016
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 560 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 3 min read
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Alleghany Corp. has reported a net income of $154.5 million for the first quarter of 2016, a 23.4% increase from net income of $125.2 million in the same quarter last year.
Alleghany’s Pacific Compensation Insurance Co., or PacificComp, saw improved operating performance during the ...Read More
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Worker Gets Award for Unwitnessed Fall Down Stairs
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05/09/2016
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 669 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 21 min read
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A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a worker for his unwitnessed fall down a flight of stairs.
Case: Matter of Ellis v. Frito Lay, No. 520961, 04/28/2016, published.
Facts: Gavin Ellis was working by himself, unloading a trai...Read More
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Comp Not Feeling Effect of ACA
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05/09/2016
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 658 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 13 min read
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ORLANDO, Fla. — If the Affordable Care Act is having any effect on workers’ compensation systems, it’s nothing more than a ripple, according to National Council on Compensation Insurance Senior Economist Leonard Herk.
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AG, Senator Concerned About Workers' Exposure to Chemical Vapors
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05/09/2016
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 359 | 0 | Popular with Injured worker | 8 min read
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Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson and U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, joined in Richland, Wash., on Thursday to voice their concerns over repeated exposure of workers to tank vapors at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
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No VSSR Award for Widow of Crane Inspector Who Fell From Scissor Lift
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05/09/2016
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 563 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read
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An Ohio appellate court ruled that the widow of a crane inspector was not entitled to an enhanced award of benefits because she failed to prove her husband's fatal fall was the result of his employer's violation of a specific safety requirement.
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Insulation Maker Cited for Fire Hazards, Silica Dust
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05/09/2016
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 412 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 11 min read
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An insulation manufacturer in Pennsylvania has been hit with a number of safety violations including exposing workers to silica dust, and fire and explosion hazards, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety ...Read More
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