05/14/2013
From our perspective in the trenches the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission and its component players have greatly improved their administrative functions. We are confident the implementation of the workers' compensation preferred provider program concept is going to dramatically
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02/13/2012
The New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration announced Friday that Terry Kramer has been reappointed to serve a five-year term as a workers' compensation judge.
Kramer has served with the Workers' Compensation Administration since 1993. He was initially appointed as a judge in April 2001
Category: News
11/27/2013
The Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court and the new Workers' Compensation Commission both proposed new sets of rules this week.
Lawmakers created the Workers' Compensation Commission reduced benefits and allowed employers to opt out of the workers' compensation system with the passage of Senate
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05/13/2005
compensation schedule eliminates or sharply reduces
compensation for permanently injured workers.
The new review of 250
cases by a nationally-recognized expert shows 37 of injured workers
would lose ALL permanent disability compensation and reductions overall
would average in excess of 50.
"Today
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09/06/2016
Overview
This course is primarily suited for Illinois workers’ compensation insurers claims handlers and employers. It will focus on the current makeup and disposition of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation
Category: Education
12/17/2004
A Louisiana Department of Labor investigation helped a jury convict a New Orleans firefighter of trying to cheat the state out of 25000 in Workers' Compensation benefits.
Richard Lloyd 64 of 3226 Pittari Place was found guilty earlier this month of trying to illegally obtain workers
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11/15/2005
The annual bench-bar conference for New Jersey workers' compensation attorneys and judges is scheduled for Wednesday Dec. 14 in East Brunswick.
The daylong conference is essential for any attorney who handles workers' compensation cases even if only on occasion.
The event is from 9 a.m
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03/01/2016
unfairly denied rather than first going through Workers Compensation Court.
The hearings are set for Senate Bill 225 and House Bill 5449.
HB 5449 would allow employees seeking workers' compensation to file a civil suit if the workers claim has been unreasonably contested or the payments or
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04/12/2013
A claimant's failure to tell the Office of Unemployment Security that he was receiving workers' compensation benefits did not serve as grounds to forfeit his work comp benefits Louisiana's 1st Circuit Court of Appeals concluded.
Case Fontenot v. State ex rel. Department of Health and Hospitals
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12/09/2003
Samuel H. Pond Esq. partner in the law firm of Martin Banks Pond Lehocky & Wilson has been appointed to the Pennsylvania Federation of Injured Workers PFIW Board of Directors.
Samuel H. Pond has been practicing in the area of workers' compensation since 1986. Mr. Pond has successfully
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