Posts by Y@DminG
Oklahoma Court Affirms Employer’s Right to Choose Provider in Workers’ Comp Case
An Oklahoma civil appeals court ruled in favor of an employer and its insurer in affirming an order by the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission, asserting an employer’s right to direct the medical treatment of an injured worker where it lacks … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFatal House Fire Prompts CPSC Warning to Stop Using LayZ Board Hoverboards
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) urged consumers to immediately stop using LayZ Board self-balancing scooters, also known as hoverboards. In a statement released earlier this month, the agency said it has evidence that LayZ Board was the hoverboard … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreOakland Warehouse Fire Victims’ Families Sue
Attorneys representing the families of people who died in an Oakland, Calif., warehouse fire that broke out during an unlicensed concert plan to file a lawsuit Tuesday against the building’s owner and manager. Lawyer Mary Alexander says she will file … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreLittler: Employers Caught in Tangled Web of Federal, State and Local Laws
Changes occurring in Washington, D.C., and in local governments – combined with technological advances and shifts in how work is performed – is creating an unprecedented level of uncertainty in the workplace, according to a survey by Littler, a global … Source: Claims Journal
Read MorePeople News: Wolters Kluwer, Kentucky DOI, ASC, AGCS
Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance Appoints Paransky EVP and GM of ELM Solutions Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance, a provider of governance, risk and compliance products to legal and financial professionals, appointed Jonah Paransky to the position of … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDriver Who Claimed He Hit Bison, Guilty of Insurance Fraud
The Massachusetts Appeals Court has affirmed a lower court’s decision to charge the defendant in a case involving a Boston car accident with motor vehicle insurance fraud. However, the Appeals Court reversed the lower court’s decision to also charge the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreStudy Finds Global Tailpipe Tests Underestimate Diesel Pollution
Pollution from diesel trucks, buses and cars globally is more than 50 percent higher than levels shown in government lab tests, a new study says. That extra pollution translated to another 38,000 deaths from soot and smog in 2015, the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWaymo Hardware Testing to Ease Passenger Fears of Driverless Cars
For years the Google coders and roboticists working on driverless cars have focused on making sure their creations could drive safely around California roads. Now, comes the next big test: getting regular civilians comfortable passing the wheel to a machine. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreIIHS Says Truck Side Guard Rails Could Prevent Deaths
Strong underride guards on the rear of tractor-trailers have proven effective in preventing underride in crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Now, new IIHS tests show how a well-built guard can prevent a passenger vehicle from … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreThe Case of the Civil War Rifled Musket
Enservio Select was recently called in to determine the retail replacement value of a claimed Remington conversion rifle. The insured stated the claimed musket was built in 1812 by Remington Arms Co. and used in the Civil War (1861-1865) by … Source: Claims Journal
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