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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: Thursday, September 21, 2017
Expectations for California's 2017 legislative session for the most part held true: Although there was some debate on bills addressing utilization review and victims of workplace terrorist attacks, it was generally a quiet session for workers’ compensation.
California lawmakers passed a bill that would prohibit apportioning permanent disability to pregnancy and childbirth. They passed a measure that would require employers to provide nurse case… Read more »
As treatment of injured workers’ opioid addiction is finding its way into more workers’ comp claims, the industry’s next debate could turn out to be over what type of addiction treatment is best.
Medication-assisted treatment is an option that uses milder forms of opioids to keep patients off of more potent drugs. In addition to methadone, which has been used for decades to treat opioid addiction, there is buprenorphine,… Read more »Pennsylvania lawmakers won't be taking out another loan from the state's workers'… Read more »
An employee who slipped and fell on wet pavement while walking to her car to take a… Read more »
News: WEST
News: NORTH
- NY Governor Appoints New Workers' Compensation Board Chair
- KS No Work Disability Award for Employee Fired for Striking Supervisor
- PA Court Upholds Modification of Worker's Award, Resumption of TD Benefits
- NY Former Insurance Broker Sentenced for Fraud
- NY Injured VA Nurse Accused of Submitting $72K in False Reimbursement Claims
News: SOUTH
- MD Worker's Disability Retirement Benefits Can't Be Offset From Comp Benefits
- WV Clerical Worker Entitled to Benefits for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- MS Testimony of Worker's Colleagues Was Sufficient Basis to Deny Claim
- MS Worker's Inconsistencies in Reporting Alleged Injury Were Fatal to Claim
- TX DWC Seeks Input on Designated Doctor Audits
Clarissa M. Rodriguez of Queens County has been appointed chair of the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board to replace Kenneth Munnelly, who retired last week.
The board chair is appointed by the governor, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo did not issue a press release. Rodriguez’s appointment was confirmed by Joseph Cavalcante, the board’s assistant director of public… Read more »
The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that a meatpacking employee who was fired for striking her supervisor was not eligible for a work disability award for an injury that pre-dated the altercation.
Case: Hernandez v. National Beef Packing Co., No. 117,351, 09/15/2017,… Read more »The Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled that a former school teacher’s workers’ compensation benefits were not subject to an offset for the disability retirement benefits she was receiving through the state retirement and pension system for a different disabling… Read more »
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the modification of an award of benefits to an injured worker based on his two periods of post-injury employment, as well as the resumption of total disability benefits after his last period of employment ended.
Case: J.… Read more »
A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a clerical worker was entitled to benefits for her carpal tunnel syndrome.
Case: Casteel-Ellison v. New River Health Association, No. 16-0949, 09/15/2017, published.
Facts: Debra Casteel-Ellison worked as a data-entry clerk for the New River… Read more »
Herff Jones v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, 2017 IL App (4th) 160346WC-U again confirms that the Illinois courts have rejected the use of the “positional risk” doctrine in the state workers' compensation system.
The claimant in Herff Jones alleged… Read more »
The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for a back injury, based on the testimony of the worker’s colleagues contradicting his account of the accident.
Case: Walker v. Kinder Morgan, No. 2016-WC-01415-COA, 09/19/2017, published.
Facts: Christopher Walker had a long history of back problems before he began working for Kinder Morgan in September 2011.
Walker claimed he… Read more »The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the denial… Read more »
The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries on Wednesday recommended a 2.5% workers’ compensation rate cut for 2018.
The… Read more »
The Division of Workers’ Compensation is asking stakeholders for help in developing a designated doctor plan-based audit to measure the quality of designated doctor reports and the necessity for additional testing or referrals to resolve claims.
The proposed audit plan is here.
Texas Labor Code §413.002 directs the agency to “monitor health care providers, insurance carriers, independent review organizations and workers’ compensation claimants who receive… Read more »A former insurance broker has been sentenced to three to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to grand larceny and fraud.
Kimberly… Read more »
A former nurse at the Syracuse Veterans Affairs hospital has been charged with… Read more »
The 35-count indictment against the duo who ran Long Island's Princess Diner contains a litany of labor law violations, from failure to carry workers' compensation insurance to scheming to defraud employees to failure to pay wages.
Richard Bivona and John Kalogeras are accused of depriving 13 cooks, dishwashers, bussers and servers of more than $82,000 in wages and threatening them and their families when the workers asked to be paid.
The workers allegedly were paid far… Read more »The Workers’ Compensation Board has temporarily yanked the license to treat injured workers for Dr. Elizabeth… Read more »
Parties with a vocational rehabilitation dispute can get their issue resolved… Read more »
The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation’s Austin office is moving to a new location, effective Oct. 23.
All proceedings, including benefit review conferences, contested case hearings and appointments with the Office of Injured Employee Counsel will take place at the new location starting Oct. 23.
The new office is at 7551 Metro Center Drive, Suite 100, in… Read more »
The owner of a compounding pharmacy in Pompano Beach, Florida, and his employee have been convicted of health care fraud and conspiracy in a scheme that resulted in more than $30 million in losses to the federal Tricare benefit program.
Following a one-month trial, a federal jury on Sept. 5 found guilty Serge Francois, who owned and… Read more »
The last day to register for the state bar's legal specialist examination for the workers' compensation field is Oct. 2.
Registration costs $350. The laptop software fee, normally $153, is being waived this year.
Attorneys who have been practicing workers' compensation law since at least January 2016… Read more »
Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York has appointed Lisa Lounsbury as the organization’s president and chief executive officer.
Lounsbury had been serving in these positions on an interim basis since the Nov. 30 retirement of former president and CEO Richard Poppa.
Lounsbury joined IIABNY in 1999 as senior vice president and has also served as president of IIABNY’s membership services division, IAAC Inc.
Before joining… Read more »
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