Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Deals with Question of Voluntary Job Abandonment
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11/04/2014
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Source: Paul Pfeifer
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 630 | 0
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On Sept. 6, 2006, Wanda Jacobs injured her back while working at her job for Cenveo, Inc. – a manufacturer of envelopes, labels and related items. She was treated at the emergency room the next day and released. Her treating physician – Dr. Marinela L. Turc – said that Wanda cou...Read More
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Storm Warnings Not to Ignore
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10/27/2014
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 584 | 0
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I recently asked some individuals if the workers' compensation system might experience big disruptions in the next three years.
They answered by a strong consensus that the downward trend in work injuries will not reverse itself, nor accelerate. At least half considered as proba...Read More
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Still Pending
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09/26/2014
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 504 | 0
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In the next few days Gov. Jerry Brown will probably act on two bills of great interest to the workers’ comp community.
According to an Assembly floor analysis, Assembly Bill 2616 (Skinner) would “extend to certain hospital employees who provide direct patient care the pre...Read More
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September Case Law Update
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09/12/2014
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Source: Michael W. Sullivan
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 1309 | 0
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BUSINESS OF INSURANCE
In Green-Steininger v. Image Support Systems, 2014 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 377, the WCAB affirmed a WCJ's decision that CIGA was not entitled to any further reimbursement from a special employer when it established by a preponderance of substantial eviden...Read More
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Stats, Lies and the Truth
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05/19/2014
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By: Michael T. Berns
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State: NY | Segment: | 556 | 0
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As I have written on more than one occasion, a hospital can brag about how the mortality rate in their hospital has dropped to almost zero: they have a special squad that takes patients who are about to die and moves them into the parking lot next door to die.The same holds true for the ...Read More
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Should We Get the Workers' Comp Commission Ready for Rauner?
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03/27/2014
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By: Eugene Keefe
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State: IL | Segment: | 822 | 0
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As we predicted, upstart candidate Bruce Rauner basically came from nowhere to sweep to become the Republican candidate for Governor. The oddest aspect of the primary was the millions spent by government unions to support Rauner’s leading Republican opponent and the phone calls and pleas for D...Read More
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Structure of MSA Negotiation Provides Insurer with Rare Windfall
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01/08/2014
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By: Jennifer Jordan
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State: NA | Segment: | 1909 | 0
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The way Medicare set-asides are arranged these days, carriers generally have no benefit in unused funds upon a claimant’s premature death. Absent a custodial situation, carriers retain no rights in funds ultimately not needed for future medical expenses. MSA funds are actually completely unenc...Read More
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Startling Numbers from Calif. Workers' Comp Reform
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12/02/2013
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By: James J. Moore
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State: CA | Segment: | 483 | 0
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Workers Compensation Action Network (WCAN) recently published a press release and email on the effects on Senate Bill 863. Even if you have no California workers' compensation interest...Read More
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Should We Reconsider How Death Benefits Are Awarded?
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11/14/2013
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By: Eugene Keefe
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State: IL | Segment: | 421 | 0
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Not sure if you like or dislike gay marriage and divorce, but we are certain one’s personal feelings have nothing to do with it any more — it is soon to be the law in our state, our elected leaders have spoken and we are all going to have to adjust. On some levels, we are thrilled to see...Read More
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