Few California Workers’ Comp Treatment Request Denials Overturned February 8, 2023 Few medical treatment denials in California workers’ compensation were overturned last year, a review released on Wednesday shows. The California...
California Fines Online Health Provider $3.2M over Claims Practices February 8, 2023 The Pill Club Holdings Inc. (dba The Pill Club) paid $3.2 million after the California Department of Insurance alleged it...
Disbarred Lawyer Pleads Not Guilty to Settlement Thefts in California February 8, 2023 By Brian Melley Disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on charges he embezzled millions of dollars from...
Court Tosses Wyoming Doctor’s Pain Medication Prescription Convictions February 8, 2023 A federal appeals court threw out the convictions of a Wyoming doctor accused of overprescribing powerful pain medication and ordered...
Colorado Nursing Home Worker Acquitted in Death of Alzheimer’s Victim Left in Heat February 7, 2023 One of three assisted living facility workers prosecuted in the death of an 86-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease left outside...
Code Inspections Conducted on Dozens of Rental Units Following Fatal Las Vegas Fire February 7, 2023 Code enforcement inspections of more than 30 aging multi-unit and extended-stay properties in Las Vegas, spurred by the city’s deadliest...
People Moves: Pinnacol Assurance Welcomes New Board Chair Goodman February 7, 2023 Pinnacol Assurance named Mark D. Goodman board chair. Goodman, currently chairman of Colorado Nut Holding Co., is on the board...
Investigators Say Burst Pipeline Killed Nevada Gold Mine Worker February 7, 2023 Two miners were trying to remove a water pipeline at a gold mine in northeast Nevada last month when the...
Sinkhole Opens in California, Nearly Swallows Fire Engine February 6, 2023 A water main burst under a Hollywood street in California, creating a sinkhole that almost swallowed a fire engine and...
California Workers’ Comp Department’s Medical-Legal Evaluation Regulations OK’d February 6, 2023 The Office of Administrative Law approved the California Division of Workers’ Compensation regulations affecting its Medical-Legal Evaluation program. The regulations...