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Commissioner Rejects NCCI Rate Hike, Asks for 14.5% Increase Instead
09/28/2016
hike would be needed to update the Florida Workers Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual per Senate Bill 1402.
State regulators agreed with NCCI that another Supreme Court decision Westphal vs. City of St. Petersburg would warrant a 2.2 increase because the high court found that
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Lawsuit Against 'Secretive' NCCI Over Sunshine Law Moved to New Venue
09/26/2016
. City of St. Petersburg NCCI says because the Florida Supreme Court said a cap of 104 weeks on temporary total disability benefits was unconstitutional and set the new maximum at five years.
The statute deprives a severely injured worker of disability benefits at a critical time when the worker
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As Regulators Eye Rate Hike, AIG Boosts Reserves by $100M Due to Castellanos
08/04/2016
barred reasonable fees in some instances.
Two months later the Supreme Court ruled in Westphal v. City of St. Petersburg that the states 104-week cap on temporary disability benefits was unconstitutional.
NCCIs filing says the first-year impact of Castellanos alone necessitates a rate increase
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High Court Draws Line on Circumstances that Entitle Officers to Lifetime Health Benefits
03/25/2016
is reasonably believed to be an emergency an unlawful act perpetrated by another or during the investigation of a criminal act."
Vaughn v. City of Carbondale marks the second time the Supreme Court has had to wrestle with the PSEBA in less than a year. Last September the court addressed the
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Bill to Tighten Exclusive Remedy Clears Senate Committee
03/20/2015
Council which helped draft the measure also saw importance in tightening the exclusive-remedy language in Georgias workers compensation law after the Georgia Court of Appeals 2013 ruling in Pitts v. City of Atlanta.
We basically took some language from the occupational-disease statute within the
Category: News
Worker's Estate Gets Summary Judgment on Contract Claim
07/19/2013
accident had an adequate automotive insurance policy in place the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled.
Considering the issues for a second time after the Supreme Court sent the case back to them last year the Court of Appeals said it remained convinced that Mack Pitts was an intended third-party
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NFL Team Cannot Compel Arbitration of Discrimination Claims
02/27/2013
both the Clemmens and Sniezek cases.
He said that a third Chiefs' employee has also sued the team for age discrimination but the Chiefs did not move to compel arbitration of that case. Steve Cox v. Kansas City Chiefs No. 1116-cv-14143 is currently pending before Jackson County Circuit Court
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Supreme Ct: Home Cities Liable for Claims From Mutual Aid Calls
03/03/2010
The city of Hartford must pay for a workers' compensation claim filed by one of its firefighters who was injured while on a mutual-aid call in a neighboring city the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled.
Case Derrane v. City of Hartford et al. SC 18340 03022010.
Facts On May 17 2004 Martin
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High Court to Review Retaliatory Discharge Notice Issue
09/22/2009
of Appeal's decision in Kelley v. Jackson County Tax Collector and the 3rd District Court of Appeal's decision in Osten v. City of Homestead.
After the state Supreme Court granted the employers' request to review the case Florida Workers' Advocates and the National Employment Lawyers Association
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Calif. High Court Declines to Review Tomlin Decision
08/22/2008
review in Tomlin v. WCAB No. S164647 in late July.
The case attracted attention after the 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled that Dave Tomlin was entitled to benefits for an injury he suffered while vacationing in Jackson Wyo. Tomlin a City of Beverly Hills police officer broke his ankle while
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