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Thomas A. Robinson
8 months ago
Workers' Compensation
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Pennsylvania: WCJ Erred in Awarding Unreasonable Contest Fees Where Employee Never Proved Disability
Where an injured employee sustained a laceration over the eye -- a condition admitted by the employer -- and later sought reinstatement of his disability benefits, the burden was on the employee to establish his entitlement to benefits based on an actual...
Thomas A. Robinson
over 1 year ago
Workers' Compensation
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Colorado: Supreme Court Says $841,200 for Failure to Maintain Workers’ Comp Insurance May Be Unconstitutionally Excessive
Stressing that the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against the imposition of “excessive fines” applies not only to fines that are levied against individuals, but also against corporations, the Supreme Court of Colorado, with one partially...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
Deportation is a Penalty: Bado v. U.S.
Bado v. U.S. - "The court, sitting en banc, is asked to decide whether the Sixth Amendment guarantees a right to a jury trial to an accused who faces the penalty of removal/deportation as a result of a criminal conviction for an offense that is punishable...
Steven M. Siros
over 5 years ago
Environmental
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EPA TSCA Penalty Struck Down
By Steven M. Siros On March 13, 2015, the Environmental Appeals Board ("EAB") struck down a landmark $2,751,800 penalty that had been imposed on Elementis Chromium for its alleged failure to comply with the Toxic Substances Control Act's...
Ted Zwayer
over 6 years ago
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over 6 years ago
Criminal Law and Procedure
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DOJ Program for Swiss Banks Can Mean Trouble for U.S. Taxpayers with Undisclosed Offshore Accounts
Recently it was reported that a full one-third of Swiss banks (some 106) sought to join the Department of Justice (DOJ) program which offers a non-prosecution agreement to the banks that opt in, in exchange for information about the banks’ cross...
State Net
over 5 years ago
Criminal Law and Procedure
Criminal Law and Procedure Blog
State Net Criminal Law Update: Nearly Half of States Made Criminal Sentencing Changes in 2014
Twenty-three states enacted 51 bills last year dealing with sentencing and criminal penalties, according to the State Sentencing and Corrections Legislation database provided by the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Pew Charitable Trusts’...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 7 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law Blog
AB 227, aimed at amending California's Proposition 65, continues through the legislative process, though with major amendments
A prior post noted the very substantial problems with AB 227. If it was meant to be a universal cure, it was woefully inadequate. However, it now appears that its scope has been limited substantially, which makes it somewhat more reasonable as a solution...
Martin Klug
over 5 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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Missouri: No 15% Penalty For Employment Discrimination
Missouri compensation allows a 15% enhancement of statutory comp benefits when the employer fails to comply with state law and the injury is caused by the failure. Although most cases invoke 287.120.4 (Lexis Advance), 287.120.4 (lexis.com) for failure...
Julius Young
over 6 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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Can an insurer submit medication prescription requests to utilization review (UR) even where those medications have been repeatedly authorized before? That question has been hotly debated in California workers’ comp circles after a recent WCAB...
Thomas A. Robinson
over 2 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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Illinois: Nine Percent Judgment Interest Does Not Apply to Affirmance of Arbitrator's Award
Illinois’ Administrative Review Law has no bearing on the provisions of the state’s Worker’s Compensation Act, which sets forth a specific procedure for the review of an arbitrator's workers' compensation award at all levels...
Calif. WCAB Noteworthy Panel Decisions Reporter
over 6 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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California: Unreasonable Denial of Medical Treatment by Abruptly Withdrawing Authorization for Injured Worker’s Opioid Pain Medication
Both utilization review physician and MTUS expressly recommended slow tapering of opioid pain medications The WCAB, in a split panel opinion, rescinded a WCJ’s order denying the applicant’s petition for penalty under Labor Code § 5814...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 6 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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Virginia: Civil Penalty When Uninsured for Workers’ Compensation Will Significantly Increase Effective July 1, 2014
Richmond, Virginia, May 21, 2014: The 2014 General Assembly approved an increase in the civil penalty imposed when an employer required to insure under the Workers’ Compensation Act fails to insure. An employer is required by state law to insure...
Calif. WCAB Noteworthy Panel Decisions Reporter
over 4 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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California: Delay in Payment of Disability Retirement Advances: Is it Subject to an LC 5814 Penalty?
In Gage v. County of Sacramento , 2016 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS --, the WCAB, reversing the WCJ in a split panel opinion, held that the defendant’s delay in the payment of disability retirement advances to the applicant deputy sheriff who suffered...
Bruce P White
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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California WCAB Panel Addresses Temporary Disability With Salary Continuation Under the Education Code
By Bruce P. White, Esq. A WCAB panel has recently issued an important decision that will give guidance to the workers’ compensation community on salary continuation plans. The decision in Fiorentino v. Allan Hancock College , ADJ7527243, is...
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