Minnesota Adds Stricter Guidelines for Rehabilitation Services in Work Comp Claims July 30, 2024 Injured Minnesota employees who seek services from the Department of Labor and Industry’s Vocational Rehabilitation unit (VRU) while their disputed...
Woman Dies in West Virginia’s Second Coal Mine Fatality This Year July 26, 2024 By John Raby CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia woman died Wednesday more than a week after an accident at a southern...
Painting Contractor Cited by OSHA After Worker Falls 80 Feet from Water Tower July 26, 2024 A New Jersey contractor whose employee fell 80 feet to the bottom of a Bayville water tower has been cited...
Former Postal Worker Sentenced to Probation for Workers’ Compensation Fraud July 22, 2024 A former U.S. Postal Service employee in Delaware who defrauded taxpayers of almost $100,000 in workers’ compensation benefits has been...
Georgia Appeals Court Questions Insolvency Pool’s Subrogation in Comp Cases July 18, 2024 By William Rabb Georgia employers and their workers’ compensation insurers can rest a little easier after an appeals court this week narrowed the...
AM Best Revises A.I.M. Mutual Outlook to Positive, Affirms ‘Excellent’ Ratings July 17, 2024 AM Best reports that it has revised the outlook to positive from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of...
Washington Adult Home Operator Facing Felony Charge in Alleged Workers’ Comp Scam July 17, 2024 A Spokane, Washington woman who ran an adult family home while claiming she was too injured to work faces a...
SC Supreme Court Urges Legislative Fix to Pre-existing Health Issue in Workers’ Comp July 15, 2024 By William Rabb South Carolina lawmakers next year may be asked to revamp a workers’ compensation employment test that judges have relied on...
California Insurance Commissioner OKs Lower Workers’ Comp Benchmark Rate July 12, 2024 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara today issued a decreased pure premium rate for workers’ compensation insurance, lowering the annual benchmark...
Tennessee Sheriff Pleads Not Guilty to Using Prison Labor for Personal Profit July 12, 2024 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A sitting Tennessee sheriff pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he illegally profited from the...