Virginia Workers' Compensation: The Borrowed Employee Doctrine
Construction Digital (press release)
In a complicated commercial venture like a construction project, the interrelationships of the parties can make it difficult to say which employer is responsible for covering an injury for workers' compensation purposes. May 19, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ ...

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Companies fail to pay injured workers
DesMoinesRegister.com
Jeffrey Carter, 45, of Muscatine suffered serious injuries while working for a company owned by James Watts that didn't have workers' comp insurance. / David Purdy/The Register Jeffrey Carter, a 45-year-old garbage truck driver, severely injured his ...

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Workers' comp official charged with bribery
Business Management Daily
by The HR Specialist: Pennsylvania Employment Law on May 20, 2012 1:00am Employers are always looking for ways to reduce their workers' compensation costs. Maybe making off-the-books payments to a state official isn't the best way to go about it.

Background check into workers' comp claims isn't subject to Fair Credit ...
Business Management Daily
by The HR Specialist: Texas Employment Law on May 20, 2012 1:00am Here's some good news for employers that check workers' compensation claims against an applicant's claim he's never been injured on the job: You don't have to inform him where you got ...

Oklahoma workers' comp judge signs order in attorney's favor after being hired ...
NewsOK.com
A judge at Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court issued a written ruling in an attorney's favor in a contested case after accepting a job from the attorney. Judge Kent Eldridge vacated the ruling after being shown an ethics rule. A workers' compensation ...

Oklahoma workers' comp judge signs order in attorney's favor after being hired ...
NewsOK.com
A judge at Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court issued a written ruling in an attorney's favor in a contested case after accepting a job from the attorney. Judge Kent Eldridge vacated the ruling after being shown an ethics rule. A workers' compensation ...

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Employers break workers' comp rules
Winston-Salem Journal
About 100 employers who failed to provide workers' comp insurance were told it's time to pay or face the possibility of jail. Credit: Shawn Rocco/The News & Observer At the workers comp penalty enforcement hearing, Jeffrey Jones, citing his own health ...

State Auditors Cite $225000 Screw-Up
Hartford Courant
The Office of State Treasurer Denise Nappier issued a $225000 check to a Fairfield man as his half of a $450000 workers' compensation settlement related to his wife's continuing disability stemming from a 1996 work-related injury.

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Judge orders new trial in workers' comp case in MT
Ventura County Star
(AP) - A state judge cited juror misconduct in dismissing a verdict and ordering a new trial in a 14-year-old workers' compensation lawsuit filed against the former Montana Power Co. District Judge Kurt Krueger ruled Tuesday that a juror presented ...
Workers comp claimants suing Montana Power could get retrialBusiness Insurance
Judge grants new trial in MPC worker's comp case because of juror misconductBillings Gazette

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Workers' compensation bill heads to Nixon
Springfield News-Leader
JEFFERSON CITY — Legislation aimed at fixing the workers' compensation system has been approved by the Missouri General Assembly, but it does not address how to treat work-related diseases. The bill passed Tuesday afternoon focuses solely on ...
Missouri House Approves Bill on Suing Co-WorkersInsurance Journal
Analysis: Mo. lawmakers see success in compromiseNECN
Recap: Gov. Nixon Reviewing Bills After Lawmakers End SessionOzarksFirst.com
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