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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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David J. DePaolo
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Top Story: Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Three California Department of Industrial Relations workers received a fair hearing before they were fired for violating the agency’s prohibition on accepting gifts from vendors doing business with the state, and for falsifying financial interest statements and time sheets, a California appellate court ruled.
The 1st District Court of Appeal said there was… Read more »
A year into Virginia’s new workers’ compensation medical fee schedules, regulators are in the middle of a required review process. The first set of revisions, announced last week, don’t seem to please stakeholders on either side of the issue.
The state Workers’ Compensation Commission released a policy statement Jan. 15 that appears to split the baby on how medical fees will be adjusted for inflation. In the… Read more »Even though asbestos has become highly regulated by the federal… Read more »
The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate… Read more »
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- NJ Medical Provider Claims for Payment Aren't Subject to Comp Act's Statute of Limitations
- PA Court Awards Ongoing Benefits for Bricklayer's Skin Condition, Reverses Penalties on Employer
- IA Attorney's Filing Flub Didn't Allow for Review of Claim for Penalties
- NY Firefighter Double-Dipped and Avoided Comp for His Own Workers, DA Says
The Commonwealth Court ruled that a bricklayer was entitled to ongoing benefits for a skin condition caused by his exposure to the materials found on his job, but it overturned an order imposing penalties on his employer for failing to timely contest his claim.
Case: Kurpiewski v. WCAB (Caretti) and Caretti v.… Read more »
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that an attorney’s failure to timely file a notice of appeal on all the necessary parties was fatal the court’s ability to consider the merits of an injured worker’s claim for penalties.
Case: Evenson v. Winnebago Industries, No. 17–1419, 01/18/2019,… Read more »The Tennessee Supreme Court’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel overturned a denial of benefits to a worker who developed a fungal infection in his lungs after digging a trench at a landfill.
Case: Butler v. Tennessee Municipal League Risk Management… Read more »
The Montana Workers' Compensation Court ruled that a carrier was liable for a worker’s condition caused by overuse of the left shoulder after a compensable right shoulder injury.
Case: York v. MACo Workers’ Comp Trust, No. 2016-3724, 01/15/2019, published.
Facts: Jenny York worked for Lewis and… Read more »
A New York firefighter has been arrested for alleged workers' comp fraud on both ends: He was found to be working while collecting benefits, and he failed to provide comp insurance for his own company's employees, authorities said.
Raphael Ziegler, 41, of Monsey, New York, a volunteer firefighter and former fire… Read more »
Apportionment was revamped with the enactment of SB 899 in 2004. It had long been the case that employers were liable for exacerbations or aggravations of underlying conditions without any benefit of apportionment to the pre-existing condition.
These rules were upended with the enactment of LC 4663 and 4664, which required that a physician include an… Read more »
The appointment of two new Supreme Court justices and a third to come has given new hope to insurers and employers that Florida lawmakers will revisit the idea of limits on attorney fees in workers' compensation cases.
Newly elected Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed the justices this week after three former Supreme Court judges had to step down because they reached statutory retirement age. DeSantis named state Appeals Court Judges Robert… Read more »A bill that would substitute the term “health care provider” for “doctor” and add a definition for "allied health… Read more »
Insurance companies in California would be exempt from a three-part employment test for contractors if… Read more »
An Oklahoma state lawmaker has introduced a bill aimed at shoring up the state’s struggling second injury fund, which may soon default on benefit payments as it grapples with a $500 million shortfall.
House Bill 2410, by Rep. Chris Kannady, R-Oklahoma City, would increase the employer assessment that supports the Multiple Injury Trust Fund, to 7% from 6%, and would limit the scope of claims that can be made against it.
Kannady is assistant floor manager in the state House.
HB… Read more »Public self-insured employers in Montana could be forced to prepare written plans for improving their… Read more »
Death benefits of $25,000 could be paid to a representative of a worker’s estate, under a bill introduced in the Nebraska… Read more »
The Industrial Commission of Arizona postponed the planned Feb. 19 launch of a new claims system.
“Barring any further setbacks, the commission expects to launch the new claims system in March 2019,” the ICA said in a statement released Friday.
The statement does not explain why the rollout was delayed.
The new claims system will allow carriers, employers, claimants and… Read more »
Scott Mugno’s nomination to head the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration was resubmitted to the Senate a second time on Thursday, as the agency goes for a record length of time without a permanent leader.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday submitted the nomination of Mugno, the former vice president for safety at FedEx Ground. Trump first… Read more »
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