Tribal Casino Employees Not Eligible for Workers’ Compensation, Rules New Mexico’s Top Court January 21, 2020 SANTA FE, N.M. — A New Mexico Supreme Court decision says at least some tribal casino workers injured on the...
Business People: Anti-Fraud Coalition, CRU Group, Liberty Co., Transcom January 15, 2020 Fraud Fighting Group Names New Leader The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud announced that its general counsel, Matthew J. Smith, has...
Business News: Helmsman Management, MedRisk and Midwest Employers January 9, 2020 Helmsman Completes Acquisition of Eberle Vivian Liberty Mutual’s wholly-owned third-party administrator, Helmsman Management Services, announced that it has closed on...
Idaho Supreme Court Sides with Family of Worker Killed December 24, 2019 The Idaho Supreme Court on Friday issued a ruling allowing the family of a Caldwell worker who died on the...
‘Marine Terminal’ Included Adjacent Tank Farm, Worker Owed Longshore Benefits November 27, 2019 By Jim Sams A worker whose primary job duty was to unload oil products from vessels is eligible for federal Longshore and Harbor...
Uber Accused of Cheating the Public in Driver’s Suit Over Pay November 21, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt Uber Technologies Inc. faces a new legal attack on its refusal to treat drivers as employees that depicts the company...
Claim Survives Because of W.V. Statute that Limits Exclusions for Borrowed Vehicles November 15, 2019 By Jim Sams Workers’ compensation immunity doesn’t shield an insurer from liability for injuries caused by someone who was borrowing the employer’s truck,...
Work Comp Insurers Find Doctors Willing to Bend When Asked to Curb Opioid Use November 12, 2019 By Jim Sams Workers’ compensation insurers are reporting dramatic reductions in opioid use by injured workers. In some cases, all it took was...
Warehouses Are Tracking Workers’ Every Muscle Movement November 5, 2019 By Joshua Brustein Every morning when he goes to work in the freezer room of a warehouse in eastern Pennsylvania, Jack Westley throws...
Court Allows Suit Alleging ‘Outrageous Conduct’ by AIG and Coventry to Proceed October 22, 2019 By Jim Sams An Alabama appellate court has cleared the way for a lawsuit that alleges outrageous and fraudulent conduct by American International...