Archive for April 2015

MedRisk, Inc., the leader in managed physical medicine and diagnostic imaging services in workers’ compensation, has created a new Functional Capacity Evaluation program to provide claims professionals more effective decision-making tools and improve patient care. FCEs can be used to … The post MedRisk Launches Functional Capacity Evaluation Program appeared first on Claims Journal. Source:…

State police say a woman blames her coffee-drinking pet parrot for distracting her moments before she crashed her car into a guardrail in Pennsylvania. Troopers from Uniontown say the 35-year-old woman was driving on a South Union Township road just … The post Pennsylvania Woman Blames Coffee-Drinking Parrot for Car Crash appeared first on Claims…

The next generation of cyberattacks will be more sophisticated, more difficult to detect and more capable of wreaking untold damage on the nation’s computer systems. So the U.S. Department of Defense has given a $3 million grant to a team … The post Utah Researchers Work on Way to Thwart Next Generation of Cyberattacks appeared…

Canadian startup Clearpath Robotics Ltd. raised its first round of institutional funding as it develops technology to automate everything from lawnmowers to dump trucks. Clearpath, whose customers include Deere & Co., Honda Motor Co. Ltd., and Google Inc., raised C$14 … The post Clearpath Robotics Funding to Push Driverless Dump Trucks appeared first on Claims…

Zurich Insurance Group AG, Switzerland’s largest insurer, is shrinking office space at a key unit and will ask staff to share desks to help reverse a drop in earnings. The steps are needed to help the firm lower the combined … The post Staff to Share Desks as Zurich Pushes Profit Increase appeared first on…

A jury has sided with the city of Davenport and two of its officials in a negligence lawsuit brought against them after residents complained of sewer backups in 2013. The Scott County jury reached its verdict Friday, finding the city, … The post City of Davenport Off Hook for Homeowners’ Sewer Backup Claims appeared first…

A dissenting plaintiff’s attorney told a federal judge Friday that a reworked class-action head-injury settlement with the NCAA is as bad as the one the same judge rejected in December – though other attorneys defended it. The hearing in U.S. … The post Dissenting Plaintiff Attorney Not Happy With New NCAA Head Injury Deal appeared…

Officials in the Washington city where a concrete slab fell from an overpass and killed a young family in a pickup below say they would’ve closed the roadway if they had known heavy work was being performed on the structure. … The post Work Plan May Have Been Ignored in Washington Bridge Fatal Accident appeared…

Sung Hyun Kim and her sister Caroline Choi, CEOs of sewing companies that were subcontracted by True Religion Brand Jeans were arrested this week along with their CPA, Jae Kim, on 18 felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud totaling … The post True Religion Jeans Subcontractors Underreported $78M in Payroll appeared first on Claims…

General Motors Co. car owners will still seek $7.5 billion for the diminished value of recalled vehicles, despite a ruling that largely freed the automaker from liability for wrongdoing before its 2009 bankruptcy. That number was supplied by a lawyer … The post Car Owners to Continue Fight With GM for Billions After Bankruptcy Ruling…