Archive for the ‘Workers Comp News’ Category
WA Senate OKs key change in workers comp system
The Washington state Senate approved a measure Saturday that would drastically change the state’s workers compensation system by establishing an option for lump sum settlements.
Published Mar 5, 2011.
Read more: Seattle Times
Weekend: Fugitives Caught!, Kalispell Budget, Workers Comp Overhaul
Good morning; on the Beacon today, authorities arrested fugitives John McCluskey, 45, and his alleged accomplice Casslyn Welch, 44, at a campsite in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in eastern Arizona Thursday. Authorities say one man is dead and another is in critical condition after a five-vehicle crash on a highway near Kalispell. Michael Taylor, a former state senator and Republican …
Published Aug 20, 2010.
Read more: Flathead Beacon
Ex-North Dakota Workers’ Comp Director Wants to Reopen Case
The attorney for a former North Dakota official who was convicted of misusing public funds says he will ask that the case be reopened because of a prosecutor’s questionable conduct. Mike Hoffman, …
Published Aug 13, 2010.
Read more: Insurance Journal