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The team at WorkCompCentral is stunned and deeply saddened by David DePaolo's sudden departure from this world. He passed away Sunday, July 17 in a motorcycle accident. However, we are all committed to carry on and continue to fulfill David's vision of providing workers compensation professionals with the most unbiased news, education and resources in the industry. We will also strive to make this year's Comp Laude® Awards & Gala event the best ever. The Comp Laude® event encapsulates his vision and passion for the industry. David was very proud of the team that he had assembled and we are working very hard to support each other and our valued customers.
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Top Story: Tuesday, January 28, 2020
In a sign that more states are getting serious about misclassification, the Virginia Senate on Monday approved a bill that would stiffen penalties when companies inappropriately consider workers to be independent contractors.
Senate Bill 744 is also the latest effort by Virginia's new Democrat-majority legislature to enact a range of progressive and… Read more »
Kentucky's new Democratic governor has restored a workplace safety standards board that his Republican predecessor had eliminated as wasteful and unnecessary.
The question that many comp watchers in the state now are asking is whether Gov. Andy Beshear will undo other executive orders that previous Gov. Matt Bevin issued. One of those directives, which met with stiff opposition… Read more »The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the proceeds of a workers' compensation settlement are exempt from… Read more »
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that an order disapproving an application for… Read more »
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A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a fall while attempting to receive an item from a scaffold above.
Case: Gutierrez v. 610 Lexington Property LLC, Nos. 10800, 162787/15, 01/16/2020, published.
Facts: Flavio Gutierrez suffered injuries while working on a construction project at a property owned by 610 Lexington… Read more »
John Kapoor, the founder of Insys Therapeutics, was sentenced in federal court to 66 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
Kapoor, 76, was also ordered to pay forfeiture and restitution in an amount to be determined later.
A jury in May 2019 convicted Kapoor of a racketeering conspiracy along with four other Insys executives in a scheme to… Read more »The federal Office of Workers' Compensation Programs has made strides in reducing medication costs, but more work needs to be done, the Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General said in a recent report.
In its periodic posting of significant concerns, the OIG noted that the OWCP last September… Read more »
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating a fatal accident that occurred at a raisin processing plant in Fresno County last week.
Yaneth Lopez Valladares, 33, was killed Friday morning while working for Del Rey Packing Co., according to a report by the area CBS affiliate.
A spokesman for the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said Valladares was… Read more »
J. Max Millstone, a Maryland workers' compensation commissioner for 23 years, has died at age 91.
The Baltimore Sun newspaper reported that Millstone was secretary of the Maryland Department of General Services in the late 1970s, then served as a compensation commissioner from 1983 to 2006.
“He was so modest,” said… Read more »
California workers’ compensation can often make us sad, but there’s so much reason to rejoice, especially when, on those rare occasions, the stars align, the tea leaves land in just the right way and just for a split second, the world makes sense again.
What brings about this irrationally optimistic mood? Well, recently the Court of Appeal (4th Appellate… Read more »
The Missouri Senate confirmed the appointment of former state Sen. Shalonn "Kiki" Curls as employee representative on the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission.
Curls’ appointment makes her the first African American and fifth woman to serve as LIRC commissioner. She replaces Commissioner Curtis E. Chick Jr., who is retiring after serving since 2011.
Curls was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2007 and won a special… Read more »Emergency dispatchers in Washington state would be able to receive workers’ compensation benefits for… Read more »
Utah lawmakers are considering whether to lower the blood alcohol level that triggers… Read more »
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