Quote of the day
"The heart of the case remains."
David Brown, chief of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's Investment Protection Bureau, after Spitzer dropped two of six civil charges against former AIG CEO Maurice Greenberg
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Spitzer Drops Two Charges Against Greenberg
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer drops two of six civil charges against former American International Group CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg and another former executive of the company. The two dropped charges involved a scheme Spitzer said was intended to make investment income look like underwriting income in order to bolster the giant insurer’s financial picture. By Michael Gormley and Eileen Alt Powell, AP via Journal News (White Plains, N.Y.)
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Employers Insurance Offers New Group Pricing Program
Employers Insurance Group announces that it is providing California physicians and surgeons improved special group pricing on workers’ compensation insurance through Employers Compensation Insurance Company. Workers’ Comp Executive
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Injured Workers to Protest Nurse’s Workplace Violence Hearing
The Auburn courthouse in Placer County will be the site of a protest by injured workers in connection with a workplace violence hearing for nurse Barb Clark, a spinal surgery patient who says she is being stiffed on her workers’ comp claim. Workers’ Comp Executive
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Wyoming Regulators Propose Rate Cut
The Wyoming Department of Employment proposes new rates that call for workers’ compensation premiums to decrease by 5 percent across the state. Some industry classes with better than average loss experiences could see rates drop as much as 10 percent, while no industry classes would see an increase. Jackson Hole Star Tribune
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Milwaukee Public Works Employees Hurt More Often Than Cops, Firefighters
Milwaukee city worker’s compensation statistics show that some Department of Public Works employees, including forestry workers, are injured on the job more often than police officers and firefighters combined. By Larry Sandler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Ohio Pol Lauds Workers Comp Bill
Ohio Republican state Sen. John Carey discusses a recent state senate bill that, among other changes to the Ohio’s workers’ comp system, for the first time allows a woman to file for workers’ comp if she is sexually assaulted on the job. Moreover, the bill protects workers’ privacy by removing their home addresses and telephone numbers from public record. Times Gazette (Hillsboro, Ohio)
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Ground Zero Workers Rally, Demand Health Benefits
The day after New York’s Mount Sinai Medical Center releases a study finding that 70 percent of rescue workers at ground zero became ill as a result of inhaling toxic dust, hundreds or local residents and recovery workers rally near the World Trade Center site to demand a health study, workers’ compensation, and medical care—even for illegal aliens. By Matthew Chayes, New York Sun
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Washington State Program Focuses on Return-to-Work
Determining when an injured employee can rejoin the work force, and in what capacity, is a cornerstone of a new program launched in three eastern Washington counties by the state’s Department of Labor & Industries. By Sandy Smith, Occupational Hazards
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