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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, December 4, 2020
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation will provide injured-worker data to state advisory committees to help determine who might get the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available next year, Administrative Director George Parisotto said.
Speaking during a public meeting for the Commission on Health and Safety and… Read more »
Injured workers looking for supplemental benefits will no longer be able to show their eligibility simply by listing email contacts or citing newspaper ads as part of their work search efforts, a Texas district court ruled this week.
Workers' compensation insurers are hailing the decision as a major blow against claimants and their lawyers who have allegedly tried to game the system and collect thousands of dollars in… Read more »A federal appellate court upheld the dismissal of a transit employee’s claim… Read more »
An Ohio appellate court ruled that a nurse was entitled to a 70% bilateral loss of vision award because of eye… Read more »
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A California appellate court upheld the conviction and sentence of an injured worker for engaging in insurance fraud.
Case: People v. Johnson, No. E073978, 12/02/2020, unpublished.
Facts: Latonja Johnson worked two jobs in July 2013. She worked at Goodwill as an e-commerce book handler. She also worked for a company called Advantage Sales and Marketing as an events… Read more »
A south Florida city has agreed to pay $60,000 in a claimant's attorney fees, more than a year after it denied a firefighter's injury claim because of his prescription drug use.
The City of Coral Springs, near Miami, also is reviewing its drug-free workplace policy, after the fireman's attorney argued that the policy “failed to follow nearly every… Read more »Some of Florida's top elected officials are highlighting a 6.6% average decrease in workers' compensation rates for 2021, almost a month after it was approved by the state's insurance commissioner.
“This decrease in workers’ compensation rates will serve as welcome relief for our employers,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a news release… Read more »
When the State of California issued its 30th annual Workers’ Compensation Profile Audit Review (PAR) exam on insurance companies, third-party administrators (TPAs) and self-insured employers, they continued to raise the bar on claims handling performance.
Workers’ compensation providers are… Read more »
California’s medical payments for 2016 claims with experience through 2019 were typical of other states as a result of a series of legislative reforms, the Workers Compensation Research Institute reported.
Medical payments per claim in California were higher than typical in previous years, according to WCRI’s “CompScope… Read more »
If you work in the gig economy, you are not (or so the giggers contend) an employee and are, therefore, not entitled to workers’ compensation (among other employee rights).
The same is true if you are any other flavor of independent contractor. So, off you go to… Read more »
The Actuarial Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California will discuss medical severity trends, large-deductible policy experience, third quarter insurer experience and emerging COVID-19 experience during a meeting Tuesday.
Committee members will also discuss a special data call to gather information about COVID-19 claims,… Read more »
The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division posted an updated brochure that provides information for those who are injured while working.
The division said revisions to brochure 440-1138 — “What happens if I’m hurt on the job?” — improve readability, ensure that the table of contents matches chapter headings, and add language used in other agency… Read more »
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