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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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Kids Chance of California or Angel Flight West.
David J. DePaolo
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Top Story: Friday, August 17, 2018
A handful of bills, including two anti-fraud measures, remain on hold over concerns about millions of dollars in costs to state agencies as California lawmakers prepare to adjourn the 2018 session at the end of the month.
Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration said the budget he signed in June would leave the state with a $9 billion surplus for the fiscal year… Read more »
Implementing changes required by a reform measure as sweeping as House Bill 2 is no easy task, especially with a December deadline looming, according to members of an advisory committee that has met regularly for the past two months.
The Regulatory Advisory Committee was appointed by Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Robert Swisher to make recommendations on rules for a drug formulary, prescribing guidelines and how to handle an end to… Read more »Injured workers who are taking five or more… Read more »
The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a school teacher could not… Read more »
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- MN Teacher Can't Get Tort Remedy for Injuries From Student Assault
- PA Electric Shock Injury Didn't Cause Total Loss of Use of Hands
- NY Court Rejects Worker's Personal Injury Claims From Asbestos Exposure
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- NY Rochester Man Pleads Guilty After Cashing Mom's Benefits Checks
The Commonwealth Court ruled that a lineman who sustained severe electric shock injuries to both hands had not suffered the complete loss of use of either hand.
Case: Parks v. WCAB (Ayers Line Construction), No. 1444 C.D. 2017, 08/16/2018, unpublished.
Facts and procedural history: Kenneth Parks suffered an electric shock in 2008 while… Read more »
A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s personal injury action based on exposure to asbestos as time-barred.
Case: O'Brien v. County of Nassau, No. 2016-02295, 08/15/2018, published.
Facts and procedural history: In April 2012, Frank O'Brien filed a workers’ compensation claim… Read more »A Texas appellate court ruled that an injured refinery worker was not entitled to have the trial judge presiding over her tort suit against her employer removed, and that she was limited to a recovery of workers’ compensation benefits.
Case: Trahan v. The Premcor Refining Group, No.… Read more »
The attorney for a chiropractor accused of fraud said he will ask the California Supreme Court to review an appellate court decision finding that the criminal indictment was procedurally sound.
California’s 4th District Court of Appeal on Tuesday said it was not improper for the Riverside County criminal grand jury to aggregate… Read more »
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said it wouldn’t object if a judge cancels a scheduled hearing to decide whether Michael R. Drobot should be held in contempt now that he’s paid part of a forfeiture order that was due in March.
But prosecutors said they still want the younger Drobot to identify assets he has transferred to third parties… Read more »
Most discussions on workers' comp paper files have an element of, "Ewww — those are disgusting,” somewhere in the conversation.
We are in the age of the small screen (smartphone) or at least a tablet or laptop. We are in the age of the itty bitty… Read more »
New Hampshire workers’ compensation rates may be falling for the seventh year in a row, if a proposal to reduce voluntary loss costs is approved.
The National Council on Compensation Insurance, or NCCI, has filed a proposal with the New Hampshire Insurance Department to reduce voluntary loss costs by 14%. If approved by Insurance Department Commissioner John Elias, the new rates would take effect Jan. 1.
The loss cost is the portion of an… Read more »The Utah Industrial Division put employers and medical providers on notice Thursday that any treatment of an… Read more »
A new approach to a workers’ comp fee schedule in Georgia resulted in little change to average facility payments… Read more »
A Rochester man this week pleaded guilty to forging his deceased mother's signature and cashing nearly $4,000 in benefits checks, the state Inspector General's Office said.
Curtis Wilson, 56, admitted to defrauding a workers' compensation carrier after his mom died in 2015. Investigators determined that Wilson continued to cash her workers' comp benefits checks, totaling $3,915, until February 2016.
He was sentenced in Rochester City Court to one year of conditional… Read more »An upstate New York truck driver pleaded guilty this week to perjury after receiving almost $8,000 in workers'… Read more »
An Alabama man who collected federal workers' compensation benefits while… Read more »
The Idaho Industrial Commission posted a pair of memos explaining its expectations for prompt claims servicing and the process by which employers can seek to reduce compensation when a worker engages in activity that could jeopardize recovery.
One memo published Wednesday explains that the commission expects indemnity… Read more »
An outdoor advertising company is facing $32,435 in proposed penalties for alleged safety violations after a worker suffered third-degree burns when a metal pole being used to install a billboard sign touched an overhead power line.
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