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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: Friday, September 22, 2017
A freshman congressman from New York plans to introduce legislation to withhold federal dollars from construction projects that hold contractors and property owners liable for gravity-related injuries without regard to whether the worker was negligent.
New York is the only state in the country that holds businesses to such a standard, codifying it in a statute known as the Scaffold Law. U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-Kinderhook, railed against the law… Read more »
California’s attorney general said in recent court filings that plaintiffs challenging the constitutionality of the automatic stay on liens filed by, or on behalf of, criminally charged providers are conflating two important questions.
“The first is whether (Labor Code) Section 4615 gives a… Read more »
Zenefits, a provider of human resources management software, has announced a change in strategy in which the company will partner with outside insurance brokers rather than sell insurance itself.
The first partnership, announced on Thursday, is with OneDigital Health and… Read more »News: WEST
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- AR Court Rejects Worker's Invasion of Privacy Claim for Drug Testing by Employer
- OK High Court Declines Jurisdiction Over Constitutional Challenge to TTD Cap, Subrogation Dispute
- WV Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Electrician's Carpal Tunnel Claim
- FL State Warns Contractors Helping With Irma Cleanup That Work Comp Coverage
The Court of Appeals ruled that a railway worker could not state a viable claim against his employer for violating his privacy by drug testing him.
Case: Pingatore v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., No. CV-16-810, 09/20/2017, published.
Facts and procedural history: Larry Pingatore worked for the… Read more »
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that an employer failed to establish the required legal basis for termination of an injured employee’s rehabilitation services and that its termination petition should not have been granted.
Case: Halvorson v. B&F Fastener Supply, No. A16-0920,… Read more »The Oklahoma Supreme Court has declined an opportunity to review a dispute involving subrogation issues and a challenge to the constitutionality of the state’s cap on temporary total disability benefits.
Late last month, Jason Thomas Talbot filed a… Read more »
The California Supreme Court will not depublish a lower court's decision that limited the ability of an employer to apportion its liability for the poor outcome of a worker’s surgery.
In June, the 2nd District Court of Appeal released a decision in Hikida v. WCAB (Costco Wholesale Corp.), which said an employer is responsible… Read more »
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of an electrician’s claim for carpal tunnel syndrome.
Case: Hammonds v. Consol of Kentucky, No. 16-1091, 09/15/2017, published.
Facts: Jimmy Hammonds worked for Consol of Kentucky as an electrician. He… Read more »
The ABA Journal recently reported that a Texas judge is subject to some scrutiny as a result of social media. Meanwhile, a District Court in Florida takes a different path regarding judges and Facebook. And an Alabama judge's Facebook activity led to a disqualification petition with the Alabama Supreme Court.
All three are stories worthy of judges paying… Read more »
Samuel Spina told doctors that a knee injury prevented him from returning to work as an aide at a youth detention center, but investigators say he was well enough to play goalie for the Tighty Whities hockey team.
Spina, of Rome, was charged with grand larceny in the third degree, insurance fraud in the third degree and three counts of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree, all felonies, the New York Inspector General's Office said in a press… Read more »The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a worker waited… Read more »
An Oregon business group warned against a proposal to tap into SAIF’s $1.6 billion surplus to help pay for… Read more »
The Division of Workers’ Compensation said it has suspended six more providers, bringing to 38 the number of providers who have been kicked out of California’s comp system since the start of the year.
Jeffrey E. Campau and Landen A. Mirallegro were both suspended for guilty pleas they entered in May to charges that they used Aspen Medical Resources in a durable medical equipment billing scheme.
Campau and Mirallegro agreed… Read more »The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Board will discuss the possible hiring of administrative law judges during its meeting… Read more »
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis' office reasoned that in the wake… Read more »
Kansas' Riley County Police Department has hit a snag in its attempt to renew its self-funded workers' compensation insurance plan, The Mercury reports.
Last year, the Police Department, Riley County and the city of Manhattan all earmarked money in their accounts to go toward the $1.1 million fund.
This year, the state wants the entities to place that money directly into the fund before it approves the plan. The state has also declined to provide feedback on… Read more »Mike Foley, who has served as chief executive officer of Zurich North America since 2008, has announced his… Read more »
Baton Rouge-based Prime Occupational Medicine is planning to expand into New Orleans and Texas, steps that could double the Louisiana… Read more »
Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. has completed the assignment of insurance liabilities under workers’ comp deductible policies.
The liabilities relate to workers’ comp policies issued between 1988 and 2012 to a U.S. corporation from a large U.S. carrier. With this transaction, the carrier has assigned the insurance… Read more »
The Mid-Atlantic business law firm Franklin & Prokopik has hired two attorneys in its Baltimore office, the Daily Record reports.
One attorney, Kerry Raymond, is a rehire. Raymond rejoins the firm as a principal after about four years of working at Best & Flanagan in Minneapolis. Before that, she worked at… Read more »
Carriers that fail to file their unit statistical reports to the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Insurance Association will be fined $100 per month instead of the current $50, under a revision to the Minnesota Statistical Plan that will take effect July 1, the association announced.
The MWCIA said in… Read more »
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