The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court denied a request to reconsider a decision awarding temporary total disability benefits based on a worker missing time from one
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A California appellate court upheld a prison employee’s conviction for insurance fraud.
Case: People v. Jones, No. F085205, 03/14/2024, unpublished.
Facts: Tiffinie Marvell Jones started
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A Northern California court ordered a worker convicted of fraud to pay nearly $140,000 in restitution, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Ahmad Z.
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ICW Group Insurance Cos. on Thursday announced the promotion of Paul Zamora to chief underwriting officer.
Paul Zamora
Zamora joined ICW Group
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The Colorado Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would exempt surviving spouses of certain state workers from a provision that terminates death benefits upon
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A California lawmaker introduced legislation that would require employers to ensure that some workers who test positive for COVID-19 are excluded from the workplace for
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The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division updated the cost-to-charge ratios used to calculate reimbursement owed to hospitals for treating injured workers.
Hospital reimbursements are calculated by
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Hawaii lawmakers are debating resolutions that would ask the director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to amend the agency’s rules to clarify that
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The share of covered wages and benefits paid to injured workers in the Golden State increased in 2021 from 2020 despite no change in the
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The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that settlement language purporting to release “unknown” claims is not enforceable.
Case: Sundheim v. Montana Health Network, No. 2024-00347,
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