Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
As Tech Devices Shrink, Workers’ Comp Exposure Grows
Jul 4 2011 // Employers Need Rules for Mobile Employees Employers who supply their employees with company cell phones, laptops, BlackBerries, iPads and other portable devices could be in for a surprise if an employee is injured while...
Minnesota Workers’ Comp Claims Decrease
Jul 4 2011 // Minnesota workers’ compensation claims have fallen 44 percent relative to the number of employees from 1997 to 2009, according to the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI). The “2009 Minnesota...
Illinois Doctors Plead Guilty to Work Comp Fraud in Ohio
Jul 4 2011 // A pair of Illinois brothers who traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to practice psychiatry were sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud after an investigation showed they were conducting inadequate examinations of injured...
76 File Workers’ Comp Appeals in Oregon
Jul 1 2011 // There were 76 Workers’ Compensation Board decisions appeals to the Oregon Court of Appeals in 2010 — one more than in 2009 — according to the state Department of Consumer and Business Services. The rate...
Pennsylvania Governor Signs Workers’ Comp Bill
Jul 1 2011 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has signed a change to the state’s worker’s comp laws that will allow insurers to write coverage for owners and partners of small businesses. Agents in state have long backed the...
Illinois Governor Signs Workers’ Compensation Reform
Jun 30 2011 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said companies should see their workers’ compensation premiums drop because of a new law he signed June 28 overhauling the system that takes care of employees injured on the...
New Jersey Court OKs Workers’ Compensation in Obesity Death Case
Jun 30 2011 // The husband of an obese woman who died of a blood clot after working long hours at her home office is eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits, a New Jersey appeals court ruled in a case that raised...
More West Virginia Counties Join Workers’ Compensation Pool
Jun 30 2011 // In the wake of a decision by a West Virginia workers’ compensation insurer to drop its program for government agencies, more counties are lining up to join a risk pool. County governments throughout the state are...
Swett & Crawford Names McIntosh Workers’ Comp Broker
Jun 29 2011 // Tony McIntosh has joined Swett & Crawford as a California senior workers’ compensation broker. A seasoned worker’s compensation production specialist, McIntosh comes to Swett with 25 years of specialty...
How Workers’ Compensation Politics Shut Maine Government 20 Years Ago
Jun 28 2011 // The hallways of Maine’s State House were jammed with irate, screaming protesters, and scores of state workers pitched a tent “union city” in a park across the street. The already cool relations between...
Hickey Named Workers’ Comp Director at Missouri Labor Department
Jun 28 2011 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon appointed Labor and Industrial Relations Commissioner John J. Hickey to serve as director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation at the Missouri Department of Labor. He will fill the...
Vermont Contractor Faces Workers’ Compensation Fraud Charge
Jun 28 2011 // Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 1 for a Vermont contractor who has pleaded guilty to operating without workers’ compensation insurance. Prosecutors say Donald Bevins, of Williston, doing business as Twin City...
Calif. Cost Per Workers’ Comp Claim Rising, CWCI Says
Jun 28 2011 // The number of California workers’ compensation insurance claims fell 13 percent between policy years 2007 and 2008 to 358,077 claims. However, a new report by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau...
Calif. Returns Workers’ Comp to ‘Bad Ole Days’
Jun 27 2011 // When the Fifth District Court of Appeal (DCA) in California refused to review the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board’s (WCAB) en banc decision in State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) v. WCAB (Almaraz) on...
North Carolina Gov. Perdue Vetoes Malpractice Cap, OKs Work Comp Bill
Jun 27 2011 // North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue vetoed another bill Friday pushed by the Republican majority at the Legislature, this time changes to rules governing medical malpractice cases that would have capped certain monetary...
Illinois Doctors Plead Guilty to Work Comp Fraud in Ohio
Jun 24 2011 // A pair of Illinois brothers who traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to practice psychiatry were sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud after an investigation showed they were conducting inadequate examinations of injured...
Portland Audit Suggests Moving Public Safety Employees to Workers’ Comp
Jun 24 2011 // A Portland, Ore., audit is recommending the city move firefighters and police officers currently covered by the City of Portland Fire and Police Disability and Retirement (FDPR) system into the city’s workers’...
Mississippi Tire Plant to Challenge OSHA Fines
Jun 23 2011 // Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. will challenge allegations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that the company committed safety violations at its plant in Tupelo, MIssissippi. Cooper Tire spokeswoman...
Louisiana’s Stonetrust Adds Dileo, Bowen to Management Team
Jun 22 2011 // Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co., a Louisiana-based workers’ compensation insurer, has added Michael G. Dileo and Ron Bowen to its management team: Dileo has been named vice president of Underwriting for...
Minnesota Workers’ Comp Claims Decrease
Jun 21 2011 // Minnesota workers’ compensation claims have fallen 44 percent relative to the number of employees from 1997 to 2009, according to the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI). According to the “2009...
