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		<title>Subrogation Settlements and the IRS</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/columns/road-to-recovery/2020/01/10/294935.htm</link>
		
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						<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2020 06:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Almost any time money changes hands in America, there are tax issues. The Internal Revenue Code (I.R.C.) is over 2,600 pages long, and contains fives times as many words as the Bible. The federal tax rules and resources within the &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>The Demolition of Workers’ Comp: ProPublica/NPR Report</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2015/03/09/262195.htm</link>
		
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						<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2015 17:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Dennis Whedbee’s crew was rushing to prepare an oil well for pumping on the Sweet Grass Woman lease site, a speck of dusty plains rich with crude in Mandaree, North Dakota. It was getting late that September afternoon in 2012. &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Workers&#8217; Comp Upheld for Maine Man who Died on Treadmill</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/east/2015/01/26/260648.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 10:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Maine&#8217;s highest court has upheld workers&#8217; compensation benefits for the widow of a Salvation Army worker who died from a heart attack while on a treadmill at home. The court on Thursday unanimously rejected the Salvation Army&#8217;s appeal of workers &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>PTSD Treatment Covered Under Workers&#8217; Comp for Nebraska Man</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/midwest/2014/04/14/247395.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2014 13:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[An Omaha, Neb., clothing store manager shot up to nine times in an act of revenge for reporting an earlier robbery is entitled to compensation for drug and alcohol rehab and treatment of post-traumatic stress syndrome following the shooting. The &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Ohio Resident Sentenced for Working While Receiving Workers’ Comp</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/midwest/2013/09/24/237181.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[double-dipping]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[An Ohio man pleaded guilty to theft and was sentenced in connection with working while receiving workers’ comp benefits. A judge in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas ordered Cecil Ball to repay nearly $10,000. “Mr. Ball was attempting &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Washington Restaurant Co-Owner Charged With Theft in Workers&#8217; Comp Fraud</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/west/2013/09/03/236068.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Spokane, Wash., restaurant co-owner accused of fraudulently collecting nearly $250,000 in workers&#8217; compensation benefits has been charged with first-degree theft. The Washington Labor and Industries Department said Wednesday that Wanitta Racicot filed for workers&#8217; comp in 2001, saying she &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Police Look to Expand Connecticut Workers&#8217; Comp Law</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/east/2013/04/22/227470.htm</link>
		
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						<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The police union that represents the officers who responded to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is still hoping to change Connecticut&#8217;s law and extend workers&#8217; compensation benefits to first responders who&#8217;ve suffered mental illness after experiencing a traumatic event &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Panel Upholds Workers&#8217; Comp for Oklahoma Legislator</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southcentral/2012/10/15/215343.htm</link>
		
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						<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[An appeals panel has upheld a controversial ruling that state Rep. Mike Christian is due workers&#8217; compensation benefits for injuries he suffered in a 2009 traffic accident. The panel, however, cut the legislator&#8217;s award from $61,560 to $51,300. Christian, R-Oklahoma &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Kentucky Court: No WC Benefits for Unemployed Volunteer Firefighter</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southeast/2012/10/11/215205.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Kentucky appellate court recently ruled that an injured volunteer firefighter is not eligible for permanent disability benefits because he had no “regular employment” — thus no average weekly wages with which to calculate the award. The ruling, announced last &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>New Mexico High Court to Hear Arguments in Case by Officer&#8217;s Widow</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/west/2012/08/15/211967.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[off duty police officer death]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The New Mexico Supreme Court will hear arguments in a lawsuit by a police officer&#8217;s widow who is seeking workers&#8217; compensation benefits after her husband died rescuing a boy from a drowning while off duty. Officer Kevin Schultz jumped into &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Tennessee Court Rules on Workers Comp Statute of Limitations</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southeast/2012/06/13/208428.htm</link>
		
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						<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gerdau Ameristeel Inc. v. Steven Ratliff]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A worker who witnessed the deaths of two co-workers but did not file a post-traumatic stress disorder claim until more than a year after the second death is still entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled. &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Connecticut Ambulance Company to Pay for Ex-Worker&#8217;s Surgery</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/east/2012/01/20/199241.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A former emergency medical technician who says he contracted hepatitis C on the job will receive a liver transplant and post-operative care paid for in a settlement with Danbury Ambulance and its insurance carrier. The News Times of Danbury reports &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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