The North Carolina Rate Bureau has file with the Department of Insurance to cut workers' compensation premiums by 9.6% next year. The department will hold a public comment session in Raleigh on the subject September 15.

Once the session has been taken into account, the Department of Insurance will either approve the cut or suggest an alternative. If approved, the proposal will save $119 million a year for businesses across the state.

If you need help with workers' compensation, contact the Raleigh workers' compensation lawyers of Scudder & Hedrick, PLLC at 919-851-3311.

In New York, Governor David Patterson has signed into law a bill that allows workers who have suffered a permanant partial disability to receive workers' compensation in one lump sum if they choose.

In 2007, a court battle ended with the New York Court of Appeals ruling that all changes to the payment schedule must be approved by the legislature. The change went into effect immediately upon signing.

If you need help with workers' compensation, contact the Raleigh workers' compensation lawyers of Scudder & Hedrick, PLLC at 919-851-3311.

In El Paso, Texas, a former US Postal worker was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison for workers' compensation fraud. The man fraudulently alleged an on the job injury to his arm in order to receive payments.

In addition to the 10 month sentence, the man must also pay $54,851.30 in restitution as well as a $1,400 special assessment to the Crime Victims Fund. After his release he will also have to undergo 3 years of supervision.

If you need help with workers' compensation, contact the Raleigh workers' compensation lawyers of Scudder & Hedrick, PLLC at 919-851-3311.

A lawsuit against AIG alleging that the company underreported workers' compensation premiums has been dismissed by a federal judge. The suit claimed that AIG underpaid residual market assessments for several decades.

NCCI Holdings brought the suit against AIG, saying that it was excluded from a $300 million settlement in 2007 involving the same allegations. The judge in the case ruled that NCCI did not have the standing to sue on behalf of its members.

If you need help with a workers' compensation case, contact the Raleigh workers' compensation lawyers of Scudder & Hedrick, PLLC at 919-851-3311.

On Thursday, a judge ordered a Scranton, Pennsylvania man to pay restitution for the workers' compensation benefits he fraudulently collected. The money amounted to nearly $650,000.

The man was also sentenced to 5 years and 10 months in prison. Judges often penalize cases like these harshly because they hurt workers who have legitimate compensation needs.

If you need help obtaining workers' compensation, contact the Raleigh workers' compensation lawyers of Scudder & Hedrick, PLLC at 919-851-3311.

The Workers' Compensation Rating Bureau of California has said that it will recommend a 22.8% increase to workers' compensation premium rates across the state. If approved, the increase will go into effect on January 1.

Rising medical expenses were cited as a reason for the recommendation. However, Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has said that insurance providers are inefficient in controling costs and that the last recommended increase was unnecessary.

If you need help with workers' compensation, contact the Raleigh workers' compensation lawyers of Scudder & Hedrick, PLLC at 919-851-3311.