News Digest 6/13/2008
Will Celebrity Circus Performers Collect Workers’ Comp? Even circus performers get injured on the job, which a few of the celebs on a new reality show discovered. But will the …
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News Digest 5/14/2008
Maryland Court: Injured Worker Waited Too Long to Renew Claim A labor and employment statute described as “a hotbed of litigation” may head to Maryland’s highest court after the Court …
News Digest 1/29/2008
Workers’ Comp Personal Data Breach Triggers Concern Personal data on injured workers held by the Newfoundland and Labrador Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission, as well as justice department files …
News Digest 1/23/2008
Wyoming Advocates Want System to Cowboy Up for Workers Last year, Wyoming’s workers’ compensation program paid out about $121 million in benefits to injured workers and, as of November, the …
News Digest 1/11/2008
Bakersfield Pipeline Blast Victims Sue for Negligence Three workers who were injured in a February, 2007 pipeline explosion near Bakersfield file a negligence lawsuit against Occidental Petroleum, claiming they are …
News Digest 10/31/2007
Maryland Fund Announces 2008 Rate Cut Following a 10-percent drop in injury claims during the past two years, Maryland’s Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund, a quasi-state workers’ comp insurance provider that …
News Digest 10/29/2007
Return to Work Attempt Sabotages Injured EMT’s Benefits A Binghamton, N.Y., emergency medical technician and his fiancé face unchecked medical bills in connection with debilitating hip and back injuries he …
News Digest 10/5/2007
Reform a ‘Disaster’ Contend Some Injured Workers Workers’ compensation patients and their advocates visit the state capitol to urge Gov. Schwarzenegger to sign Senate Bill 936, which would increase benefits …