Workers' Compensation

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New Study Shows Earnings Losses Persist Much Longer After Work-Related Injury, Even for Minor Injuries
Posted on 24 Sep 2014 by Thomas A. Robinson

Income benefits paid to workers through the workers’ compensation system replace a smaller fraction of lost income benefits than previously believed Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., the Feature National Columnist for the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter (2/16/2012) – Maybe Three Is A Charm, Contractor Goes Straight To Jail After Three Busts
Posted on 17 Feb 2012 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Newsroom Fraud Team

Each week we'll be surveying what the media, state agencies, insurance companies, and others report in terms of workers' comp fraud. Just like a police blotter, our workers' comp fraud blotter lists recent arrests, charges, convictions and... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter (3/1/2012) – Injured Chef Keeps Cooking Corn For Two More Employers While Disabled
Posted on 2 Mar 2012 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Newsroom Fraud Team

Each week we'll be surveying what the media, state agencies, insurance companies, and others report in terms of workers' comp fraud. Just like a police blotter, our workers' comp fraud blotter lists recent arrests, charges, convictions and... Read More

UPS v. West: Now That’s a Bargain!
Posted on 28 Jun 2011 by Roland Legal PLLC

By Marcus A. Roland, Esq. UPS Airlines v. West, No. 2010-CA-001433-WC (Ky. App. 2011) : A benefit plan as identified under KRS 342.730(6) is not "exclusively employer funded" if it is the product of collective bargaining. In this... Read More

Texas: New Maximum and Minimum Weekly Benefits Rates
Posted on 2 Oct 2008 by Stuart D. Colburn

Effective October 1, 2008, the maximum and minimum weekly benefits rates will change. Such changes are in accordance with the State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) Rate increasing to $749.63. The new benefit rates are effective through September 30, 2009.... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter (3/1/2012) – Injured Chef Keeps Cooking Corn For Two More Employers While Disabled
Posted on 2 Mar 2012 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Newsroom Fraud Team

Each week we'll be surveying what the media, state agencies, insurance companies, and others report in terms of workers' comp fraud. Just like a police blotter, our workers' comp fraud blotter lists recent arrests, charges, convictions and... Read More

Are Texas Claimants Entitled to More Benefits Than They Are Owed?
Posted on 7 Aug 2008 by Stuart D. Colburn

Claimant attorneys are currently arguing (and prevailing) that the carrier cannot recoup overpaid temporary income benefits from impairment income benefits even if the overpayment is not due to carrier error. The ambiguity comes from a change in Rule... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter (2/16/2012) – Maybe Three Is A Charm, Contractor Goes Straight To Jail After Three Busts
Posted on 17 Feb 2012 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Newsroom Fraud Team

Each week we'll be surveying what the media, state agencies, insurance companies, and others report in terms of workers' comp fraud. Just like a police blotter, our workers' comp fraud blotter lists recent arrests, charges, convictions and... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter (8/18/2011) – Chiropractor Charged With Billing For Non-Existent Treatment While Patients Were Actually In Jail
Posted on 19 Aug 2011 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Newsroom Fraud Team

Each week we'll be surveying what the media, state agencies, insurance companies, and others report in terms of workers' comp fraud. Just like a police blotter, our workers' comp fraud blotter lists recent arrests, charges, convictions and... Read More

Texas: New Supplemental Income Benefit Rules in Effect
Posted on 21 May 2009 by Stuart D. Colburn

For qualifying periods beginning on or after July 1, 2009, new supplemental income benefits (SIBs) rules are in effect. These new SIBs rules offer the first substantial change to the consideration and payment of supplemental income benefits since the... Read More

Texas Supplemental Income Benefits (SIBS) & Dept. of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS)
Posted on 7 Oct 2008 by Stuart D. Colburn

Review of Appeals Panel Decision No. 080809 Issue: Supplemental Income Benefits (SIBs); Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) The Appeals Panel holds, “There is no authority which supports the proposition that a Hearing... Read More