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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.
Some of David's favorite charities:
Kids Chance of California or Angel Flight West.
David J. DePaolo
10/02/59 - 7/17/16
Top Story: Tuesday, October 16, 2018
When Pennsylvania lawmakers approved Act 46, setting up a cancer presumption for firefighters, many said they were doing the right thing for the brave men and women who put their lives on the line protecting people and property.
Little did they realize that seven years later, the legislature would still be debating the unintended consequences of… Read more »
Penalties collected from claims handlers throughout California fell by more than half in the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s latest audit, which found the lowest amount of unpaid compensation in more than a decade.
The division collected $442,457 in penalties for violations uncovered in 2016 from four shops that didn’t pass the first round of the profile audit review, or PAR, according to a report to the… Read more »Whether a patient monitoring system that uses an Apple Watch can improve… Read more »
The Vermont Supreme Court last week ruled that… Read more »
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- VT Injured Roofer Failed to Prove Applicability of Exceptions to Exclusive Remedy
- NY Court Upholds Denial of Carrier's Untimely Challenge to Award of Death Benefits
- NY Uncontroverted Testimony About Fall From Scaffold Established Labor Law Claims
- NE Worker Can't Rely on Report by Physician Assistant to Establish Impairment
A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of an insurance carrier’s belatedly filed challenge of liability for the payment of benefits for a worker who died of lung cancer.
Case: Matter of Duncan v. Crucible Metals, No. 526150, 10/11/2018, published.
Facts and procedural history: William… Read more »
A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to a construction worker for his fall from a scaffold that lacked safety rails.
Case: Morocho v. Boulevard Gardens Owners Corp., No. 2017-01815, 10/10/2019, published.
Facts and procedural history: Gorque Morocho allegedly fell… Read more »A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to shoulder surgery, since his employer’s insurance carrier failed to prove that the state’s associate medical director erred in finding that the procedure was in accordance with the Medical Treatment Guidelines.
Case: Burnett v. Full Force Staffing,… Read more »
The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits, fees and penalties to an injured worker but found that he could not rely on the opinion of a physician assistant to establish his level of impairment.
Case: Bower v. Eaton Corp., No. S-17-1188, 10/12/2018, published.
Facts: John J.… Read more »
More than a year after pleading guilty to defrauding the federal workers' compensation system, a Dallas-area lawyer with roots in Zimbabwe has been disbarred.
The state Board of Disciplinary Appeals, which is appointed by the state Supreme Court, last week announced that it had suspended the… Read more »
Like the moon, mediation proceeds in phases. Here’s a primer on what happens.
Phase 1: investigation
The first phase of a mediation consists of fact-gathering and defining the issues. When the parties provide exhaustive briefs, time spent on fact-finding may be minimal. We can quickly pin down which facts and issues the parties agree or disagree… Read more »
Utah hasn’t accepted new claims to its second injury fund since 1994, but the fund still owes at least $166 million, according to the latest annual report, released Sept. 26.
Deloitte Consulting said that the financial condition of the Employers' Reinsurance Fund was set back in the past year by investment losses and newly adopted mortality tables that assume claimants will live longer and collect more benefit checks.
Those changes pulled the ERF’s fund balance down to a deficit… Read more »The liquidation of Realm National Insurance Co. appears to be drawing to a close, according to an Oct. 5 order… Read more »
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is proposing changes to rules… Read more »
American Financial Group has reached an agreement to acquire ABA Insurance Services Inc. from American Bankers Mutual Insurance Ltd.
Under the agreement, AFG will pay ABMI about $28 million in cash at closing. The business is expected to contribute roughly $50 million a year in net written premiums.
The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter, following customary regulatory approvals.
Based in Shaker Heights, Ohio, ABAIS’ history dates back 30 years. The… Read more »The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted to its online forum proposed updates to rules covering… Read more »
The North Carolina Industrial Commission will review adoption of 13 proposed rule amendments and the repeal of… Read more »
The Wisconsin Workers' Compensation Advisory Council will hold a public hearing Nov. 12 to hear input on changes needed to the state's compensation laws and regulations.
The hearing is the first step in gathering information for the council's annual report to the Legislature.
The hearing will be held via video conference in seven locations around the state, in two sessions, to allow widespread public input, the Workers' Compensation Division… Read more »
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