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Pennsylvania: Restaurant Franchisor Not Responsible for Comp Benefits of Uninsured Franchisee’s Injured Worker
Posted on 9 Oct 2015 by Larson's Spotlight

As is the situation in many other states, where a Pennsylvania firm subcontracts a regular or recurrent part of its business to another, the firm is liable for workers’ compensation benefits to the subcontractor’s employees if that subcontractor... Read More

Larson’s Spotlight on Recent Cases: Injured Worker May Not Pursue Double Recovery Against Uninsured Employer
Posted on 19 Jan 2012 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Election of Remedy, Exclusive Remedy, Withdrawal From Workforce, and Deviation From Employment. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's... Read More

Missouri: Uninsured Employer Faces Wrongful Death Suit After Comp Settlement
Posted on 15 Jun 2012 by Martin Klug

An uninsured employer could be sued for wrongful death because claimant's worker's compensation settlement against a statutory employer was not an election of remedies, according to the Missouri Supreme Court in Lewis, etal, v. Gilmore, etal,... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter (6/21/2012) – This Friendly Bar Might Be Toby Keith’s Kind of Place
Posted on 22 Jun 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 (6/14/2012) – NASCAR Sprint Cup Team Fined For Failing To Maintain Workers’ Compensation Insurance
Posted on 15 Jun 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 (6/28/2012) – Comment By Dad Leads To Painter’s Conviction For Double Dipping
Posted on 29 Jun 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

Larson’s Spotlight on Recent Cases: Injured Worker May Not Pursue Double Recovery Against Uninsured Employer
Posted on 19 Jan 2012 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Election of Remedy, Exclusive Remedy, Withdrawal From Workforce, and Deviation From Employment. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's... Read More

Missouri: Uninsured Employer Faces Wrongful Death Suit After Comp Settlement
Posted on 15 Jun 2012 by Martin Klug

An uninsured employer could be sued for wrongful death because claimant's worker's compensation settlement against a statutory employer was not an election of remedies, according to the Missouri Supreme Court in Lewis, etal, v. Gilmore, etal,... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter (6/14/2012) – NASCAR Sprint Cup Team Fined For Failing To Maintain Workers’ Compensation Insurance
Posted on 15 Jun 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 (6/21/2012) – This Friendly Bar Might Be Toby Keith’s Kind of Place
Posted on 22 Jun 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 (6/28/2012) – Comment By Dad Leads To Painter’s Conviction For Double Dipping
Posted on 29 Jun 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

MO: Tort Victims Receive $2.4M From Compensation Fund For Unpaid Claims
Posted on 1 Sep 2010 by workerscompensation.com

Jefferson City, MO (CompNewsNetwork) - The Missouri Labor Department’s Division of Workers’ Compensation issued over $2.45 million from the Tort Victims’ Compensation Fund to 32 Missourians who filed claims in 2009. The Tort Victims’... Read More