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Report: California Independent Medical Review Volume Declined Through 1st Half of 2021
The number of independent medical reviews used to resolve California workers’ comp medical disputes hit a record low in the first half of 2021 as statewide unemployment remained stubbornly high, non-COVID job injury claims stayed below pre-pandemic levels, millions of …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 10:00 PM |
Suspected Arson Wildfire Forces Evacuations in Northern California
Thousands of people were under evacuation orders Friday and many others were on notice to be ready to flee as a destructive wildfire raged in a drought-stricken forest in California’s far north. A woman suspected of starting the Fawn Fire …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 9:23 PM |
California Commissioner Orders FAIR Plan to Offer Increased Coverage
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday ordered the FAIR Plan to offer a homeowners policy, in addition to its current dwelling fire coverage, with more traditional homeowner features, such as coverage for water damage, theft, and loss of use. …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 8:41 PM |
Dallas Trucking Company Sued for Disability Discrimination
A Dallas-based trucking company violated federal law when it refused to hire applicant after learning he had taken medical leave at a previous job, according to a lawsuit filed by federal employment officials. Stevens Transport Inc., a refrigerated transport carrier …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 4:38 PM |
South Dakota Court Rules Pierre Not Liable for Injuries Caused by Trainee
The South Dakota Supreme Court, in an opinion released Sept. 23, agreed with a lower court ruling that two people on a motorcycle who were severely injured in a crash with a volunteer firefighting trainee cannot collect damages from the …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 4:31 PM |
Judge Dismisses Some Suits Against Ohio State Over Sex Abuse by Doc
A federal judge dismissed some of the biggest unsettled lawsuits over Ohio State’s failure to stop decades-old sexual abuse by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, saying it’s indisputable Strauss abused hundreds of young men but agreeing with OSU’s argument that …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 4:23 PM |
Louisiana’s Seafood Industry Struggling After Ida
Louisiana’s oyster farmers, crabbers, shrimpers and anglers are nothing if not adaptable, producing millions of pounds of seafood annually, often in water that was dry land a generation ago. They’ve fought off a devastating oil spill, floods, changing markets and …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 4:10 PM |
Report: More than 456.5K Claims Filed in Texas After Winter Storm
A recently released report from the state’s insurance department shows more claims and higher average claim costs resulting from the severe and prolonged winter storm that enveloped Texas in mid-February than were previously reported. In the report released Sept. 1, …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 3:57 PM |
Judge Clears Kansas City COVID Business Interruption Claim for Trial
A federal judge in Kansas City has cleared a restaurant group’s COVID-related business interruption claim for jury trial, finding that an 8th Circuit Court decision that found no coverage was owed in a separate case does not apply to a …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 3:40 PM |
Feds Analyzing Fractured Gas Pipeline in Arizona Explosion
The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report on last month’s gas line explosion in Coolidge, Ariz., that destroyed a home and killed a man and his 14-year-old daughter. NTSB investigators said a natural gas pipeline ruptured around 5:30 …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 2:31 PM |
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