Workers' Compensation News


	Constant or Persistent "Non-Trauma?"		01/15/2016
	By: David Langham
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	In workers' compensation, we have seen an evolution. I recently heard Frank Neuhauser speak about the future of workers' compensation. He appeared at the Southern Association of Workers...Read More


	Cleansing		11/13/2015
	Source: Julius Young
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	Making headlines this week is another high-profile indictment in California workers’ comp. The federal charges allege a fraudulent kickback scheme among various Southern California medical providers, including doctors, chiropractors and durable equipment providers. This indi...Read More


	California Case Law Update		10/15/2015
	Source: WorkCompCentral
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	NEW! Treatt USA v. Superior Court, B263117, (10/08/2015): A California appellate court ruled that a worker suffering from a chronic and disabling lung condition as a result of his occupational exposure to diacetyl and acetyl propionyl waited too long to file a personal injury suit against th...Read More


	California Case Law Update		09/24/2015
	Source: WorkCompCentral
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	NEW! Matute v. Los Angeles Unified School District, ADJ984305, (09/17/2015): The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, sitting en banc, ruled that a party wishing to appeal from an adverse independent medical review determination gets 35 days to file a petition for review with the board....Read More


	Cyber Threats and WC: An Industry Confab May Be Needed		09/08/2015
	By: Nancy Grover (Featured Columnist)
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	Are cyber attacks really a threat to the workers' comp industry? Should payers start reserving for this? How can the industry "model" for this risk? After speaking recently with a couple of workers' comp security/tekkie types who scared the bejesus out of me, my ans...Read More


	Case Deals with Credibility of Evidence		08/05/2015
	By: Paul E. Peifer
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	When Kelly Perry severely injured both thumbs in an industrial accident at his job with Viking Forge Corp. in September 2008, his subsequent workers’ compensation claim brought his case before us – the Ohio Supreme Court. The same day that Perry was injured, Dr. Drew R. E...Read More


	California Case Law Update		07/31/2015

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	NEW! State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Michael D. Drobot Sr., et al., SACV 13-0956 AG (CWx), (07/28/2015): A federal judge postponed until next summer the sentencing hearing for Michael D. Drobot, who pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to defraud a federal health care program and admi...Read More


	California Case Law Update		07/10/2015
	By: WorkCompCentral
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	NEW! Angelotti Chiropractic v. Baker, 13-56996, (06/29/2015): The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the $100 lien-activation fee imposed by Senate Bill 863, lifting an injunction that was imposed 19 months ago that prevented the Division of Workers' Compensation from collecting the fee...Read More


	Communications Clarity Dept: useful Distinctions		06/25/2015
	Source: Dr. Jennifer Christian
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	I keep getting reminded how fuzzy words can be – and how much clarity matters to those of us who work across traditional boundaries between specialties, disciplines or sectors of society. We just submitted a paper that will be presented at the McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Conferen...Read More


	California Case Law Update		06/19/2015
	By: WorkCompCentral
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	NEW! People v. Johns, E061814, (06/05/2015): A California appellate court ruled that a criminal who was found guilty of inflicting great bodily injury on a peace officer was properly ordered to pay restitution to the injured officer for the officer's time off work, even though the officer was...Read More

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KY - OSHA Training in Louisville Oct. 22-26

09/24/2018 | 16 | 0

Kentucky's state-run workplace safety agency will offer another round of free training Oct. 22-26, this time in Louisville. The free training for employers and employees will run all week and will cover hazard communication, electrical safety, injury record-keeping, excavation and trenching, spray paint safety, fire protection, confined spaces, and wages and hours. The classes will be at the University of Louisville Shelby Campus, Founders Union Building, Room 6, in Louisville, and will start at 8:30 a.m. each day. Most classes qualify for continuing education credit for plumbing, and h... Read More

RI - Bug-Sniffing Dogs to Check for Bedbugs at WC Court

09/24/2018 | 25 | 0

Courthouse officials agreed to bring in bug-sniffing dogs to find bedbugs that have brought numerous complaints from workers. After a meeting with employees Thursday, administrators at the Garrahy Judicial Complex in Rhode Island, home to the Workers' Compensation and other courts, said dogs were to be brought in Saturday, according to the Providence Journal newspaper. Union leaders and others have said the complex should be closed and treated for the insects after people complained of seeing the itch-inducing bugs on several floors. But a court administrator said that a pest contro... Read More

NY - Corrections Officer Accused of Working as a Bouncer While on Benefits

09/21/2018 | 119 | 0 | 5 min read

A New York corrections officer has been charged with grand larceny and insurance fraud after investigators discovered that he was working as a bouncer in an Albany-area bar while collecting workers’ compensation benefits, the New York Inspector General’s Office said. Benjamin Essenter, 44, of Clifton Park, was arrested and arraigned in the Town of Colonie Justice Court, according to a press release. Essenter claimed he was injured while working as a corrections officer at Coxsackie Correctional Facility in the summer of 2016. He submitted medical examination reports stating... Read More

CA - Columnist: WCAB Move Fits Pattern of Rewarding Friends With Patronage

09/21/2018 | 531 | 0 | 11 min read

California Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to appoint a high school classmate to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board fits with a pattern of rewarding friends with political appointments since the start of his third term in 2011, according to columnist Dan Walters. Juan Pedro Gaffney Walters, a former columnist for the Sacramento Bee who joined the nonprofit CALmatters as a commentary writer in 2017, said that shortly after Brown took office in 2011, he rescinded an appointment his predecessor made to the state community college Board of Governors. Brown’s office exp... Read More

RI - Officials Aren't Itching to Close Courthouse Over Bedbug Sightings

09/21/2018 | 63 | 0 | 1 min read

Despite calls from labor unions to shut down the courthouse because of bedbugs, court administrators have said it's not such a biting concern and plan to keep the building operating. Union officials and courthouse regulars have complained for weeks about the itch-causing insects on several floors of the Garrahy Judicial Complex in Providence and don't feel that the issue is being taken seriously, according to local TV news. "It's a serious situation, and I don't know that they're taking it to the level I think it should be taken," said Michael Dow... Read More

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