Workers' Compensation News
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CSX Hit With Retaliation Charge, Ordered to Pay $32,000 | 05/09/2016 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 341 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered CSX Transportation Inc. to pay $32,000 in damages for retaliating against an employee who had told managers of safety violations at the company’s locomotive shop in Selkirk. ...Read More | |||
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Insurer Forms Partnership With Industrial Medicine Center | 05/09/2016 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 511 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read | |||
| Insurer LCTA Worker’s Comp on Tuesday announced that it had signed a partnership agreement with an occupational medicine group to help treat injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Former Sheriff's Deputy Nabbed for Allegedly Lying About Extent of Injury | 05/09/2016 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 412 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 11 min read | |||
| A former Broward County sheriff’s deputy was arrested on Tuesday and charged with faking the extent of a workplace injury after investigators spied him driving and shopping, ...Read More | |||
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CWCI: Opioids Still Most Popular Drug for Injured Workers | 05/06/2016 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1787 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 12 min read | |||
| Opioid analgesics continue to be the most widely used category of prescription drugs in California's workers' compensation system, despite growing awareness of potential problems caused by the additive drugs, according to a study released Thursday by the California Workers' Compe...Read More | |||
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Applicant Accused of Lying About Prior Injury Arrested on Fraud Charge | 05/06/2016 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 2335 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 19 min read | |||
| An applicant who is accused of hiding her pre-existing condition when pursuing her workers' compensation claim is charged with one count of workers' compensation fraud and one count of attempted perjury, the California Insurance Department said Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Companies Selling Genetic Testing to Assess Addiction Potential | 05/06/2016 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 1429 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read | |||
| Two Southern California companies are offering genetic testing services aimed at determining if a patient is susceptible to opioid drug addiction, and they’re marketing their services to the workers’ compensation industry. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Conference Explores Transformation of Comp Industry | 05/06/2016 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 2072 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 11 min read | |||
| ORLANDO, Fla. — The turbulence predicted by the National Council on Compensation Insurance last year didn’t really materialize in 2015, which was a good year for work comp by most measures. But an economy in flux and a moribund investment market could mean the captain will b...Read More | |||
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High Court Won't Delay Opt-Out Ruling, More Reforms Overturned | 05/06/2016 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: OK | Segment: Top | 610 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 16 min read | |||
| Oklahoma's Supreme Court on Wednesday announced that it will not hold off on ruling on the constitutionality of the state's controversial opt-out legislation as more decisions come out invalidating other provisions of the 2013 overhaul of the comp system. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Contesting Contribution Liability Need Not Raise 'Kotecki Doctrine' As Affirmative Defense | 05/06/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 540 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that an employer seeking to limit its potential liability for contribution if its worker prevails in a tort suit against a third party does not need to raise the so-called Kotecki doctrine as an affirmative defense at the time of trial. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Jury's $779,400 Award for Seaman's Jones Act Claim | 05/06/2016 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 440 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 8 min read | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld a $779,400 judgment in favor of an injured seaman on his Jones Act negligence claim. Case: Orion Ma...Read More | |||
