According to an AP story over the weekend, the medical records of some 300,000 Californians who had applied for California workers’ compensation benefits were discovered to be unwittingly left exposed on a publicly accessible web site. Apparently, the information was placed on an internal web site by Southern California Medical-Legal Consultants, a California company that represents …

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August 17, 2011 — Contractor Patrick Murtagh estimates that there are hundreds of construction employees who work off the books every season in Sullivan County. Murtagh paid a visit to the Sullivan County Legislature on August 4, and listed various reasons that employment laws should be enforced. Murtagh, who has three year-round employees, pays their …

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An analysis of the state’s insolvent workers’ compensation trusts shows that a deficit thought last summer to be $600 million is now nearly $1 billion.   A 10-page report by the state Workers’ Compensation Board, required by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget legislation, puts the workers’ compensation deficit at $924.6 million. The totals are based on …

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Travelers Offers Strategies to Mitigate Workplace Injuries HARTFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– From June through September, workers compensation claims at small businesses are at their peak, according to an analysis of Travelers’ claims data. Lower back strains and other back-related injuries and injuries from slips, trips and falls are the most common, and workers under 30 years …

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Watch it! Summer is peak season for workers’ compensation claims at small businesses, and those aged 30 and under are most prone to injury, Travelers Cos. Inc. says. From June through September, workers’ compensation claims at small businesses are at their peak, the the New York property-casualty insurer with Hartford operations says, citing an analysis …

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NEW YORK (AP) – A 40-year-old woman who experienced difficulty during the swimming portion of the Nautica New York City Triathlon has died. Her death on Monday comes a day after a 64-year-old participant died in the race. Race director Bill Burke confirmed that the Elmhurst, Ill., woman died Monday morning. He says she was …

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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Donald T. DeCarlo announced the publication of AMCOMP’s new comprehensive text book Workers Compensation: The First 100 Years. The book is authored by Donald T. DeCarlo, AMCOMP’s Founder and Chairman and Roger Thompson. DeCarlo was previously a Partner at Lord Bissell & Brook, LLP and former Senior Vice President and General Counsel of …

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Aug. 5 (Westlaw Journals) – The widow of a New York State Police forensic scientist who committed suicide after his employer launched an investigation into the accuracy of his test results may be entitled to collect workers’ compensation death benefits, a state appeals court has ruled. The Supreme Court Appellate Division reversed a Workers’ Compensation …

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A New York judge has denied American International Group Inc.’s bid to compel a California-based workers compensation insurance buyer into arbitration in an increasingly common type of dispute pitting policyholders against insurers. Advertisement More policyholders across the country are challenging workers comp insurers over whether contract dispute resolution clauses typically contained in side agreements can …

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He was wounded and driving his car on the outer border of control, possibly looking for help or to flee danger. She was doing what children do on a sizzling Saturday night in Brooklyn, lolling outside her building with friends. Enlarge This Image Robert Stolarik for The New York Times Kira Goddard In the end, …

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