Quote of the day
“It was a negotiated resolution to a situation everyone, including the commission, acknowledged was a mistake. By ‘mistake,’ I mean an accident. None of this was done intentionally.”
Matt Haverstick, attorney hired by a law firm that has been fined by Pennsylvania ethics regulators for late disclosure of its involvement in advertising campaigns against workers’ compensation bills
Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.)
Pennsylvania fines workers’ comp law firm for late disclosure of influence peddling
The lobbying wings of a Philadelphia law firm were fined more than $29,000 last week by state ethics regulators for late disclosure of involvement in social media and advertising campaigns against workers’ compensation bills that would have limited injured workers’ access to prescription drugs by creating a formulary. Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.)
Workers’ comp costs hitting New York Racing Association trainers
Horsemen say the cost of doing business in New York, especially exorbitant workers’ compensation premiums, has trumped the state’s high purses. “It’s very expensive to operate in New York,” says trainer Robertino Diodoro, who is dramatically cutting back his New York stable this winter. Daily Racing Form
West Virginia man files suit related to fall from billboard
A West Virginia man who suffered serious back and other injuries when he fell about 30 feet while while working on an advertising billboard in October 2016 has filed suit against two companies, alleging the fall was caused by a wooden stringer that broke, and that one company failed to provide a reasonably safe place to work, while fall arrest systems implemented by the other company were insufficient. West Virginia Record
Illinois county’s insurance cost increase blamed on ‘bad guys’
The premiums for Iroquois County, Illinois’ insurance are rising primarily because of workers’ compensation. Six out of 15 workers’ comp claims “were the result of bad guys,” the county board finance committee recently heard, and all six were sheriff’s department claims. Iroquois County’s Times-Republic
Louisiana: Workers’ comp on Jeanerette agenda
Jeanerette, Louisiana officials were scheduled to hear a proposal on workers’ compensation at Monday’s regular meeting. New Iberian
Connecticut: Nearly 100 teachers claim mold-related illnesses
More than 90 teachers across six Stamford Public Schools have filed workers’ compensation claims due to mold-related ailments, and close to two dozen have taken time off to deal with symptoms. Stamford Advocate