Industry Insights
| Florida Case Law Update | 09/22/2015 | ||
| By: WorkCompCentral | |||
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| NEW! Gutierrez v. The Port Royal Club, 1D15-0002, (09/09/2015): Florida's 1st District Court of Appeal overturned a judge's order compelling an injured worker to attend a psychological evaluation since the parties had not asked the judge for such a ruling. NEW! Moradiellos v. Comm...Read More | |||
| Formularies to the Right of Them, Formularies to the Left of Them | 09/11/2015 | ||
| By: Michael Gavin | |||
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| Formularies in front of them. Volleyed and thundered. Everyone wants a formulary these days. Louisiana, Nebraska, North Carolina and South Carolina are the latest to make at least public mention of exploring a drug formulary for their respective states' workers' com...Read More | |||
| Future Medical Data Interchange Standards Reviewed | 09/10/2015 | ||
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| On Friday, Sept. 4, I attended the California Department of Industrial Relations discussion meeting on electronic transmission of medical reports and records. This was open to the public and announced through a DIR Newsline. The stated purpose was to “facilitate discussion regarding ideas t...Read More | |||
| Florida Case Law Update | 09/01/2015 | ||
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| NEW! Vasquez v. Romero, 1D15-0623, (08/19/2015): The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that a judge of compensation claims cannot exercise jurisdiction over discovery requests issued by a defendant after the claimant had voluntarily dismissed his petition for benefits. NEW! Cr...Read More | |||
| Fear Not, Be Smart: How to Deal with Medical Marijuana | 07/30/2015 | ||
| By: Michael Gavin | |||
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| The headline from WorkCompCentral on July 27 is Comp Industry Urged to Prepare for Medical Marijuana. As usual, it's a solid and informative article from a great source (a...Read More | |||
| Florida Case Law Update | 07/23/2015 | ||
| By: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| NEW! Ciprian-Escapa v. City of Orlando, 5D14-2852, (07/17/2015): A Florida appellate court ruled that a trial judge's failure to conduct an evidentiary hearing on an employer's subrogation claim rendered the default judgment void. NEW! Gonzalez v. Quinco Electrical, 1D14-5395, (07...Read More | |||
| Florida Case Law Update | 07/07/2015 | ||
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| NEW! State of Florida v. Florida Workers’ Advocates et al., 3D14-2062, (06/24/2015): The Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal dismissed a district court judge's ruling that the state workers' compensation system is unconstitutional, for procedural reasons, failing to address the cor...Read More | |||
| Florida Case Law Update | 06/02/2015 | ||
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| NEW! Pearson v. BH Transfer, 1D14-4560, (05/27/2015): Florida's 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that a carrier's failure to promptly respond to a worker's request for authorization for surgery cost it the ability to challenge the medical necessity of the procedure. NEW! CVS...Read More | |||
| Firefighter Presumption Extension Given Retroactive Effect | 05/15/2015 | ||
| By: Richard M. Jacobsmeyer | |||
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| The 2nd District Court of Appeals has reversed a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision that refused to apply the presumption of causation for cancer to a firefighter based on the amendment to Labor Code § 3212.1, which became effective after diagnosis but before trial. In ...Read More | |||
| Free Speech, FDA, and Short Selling | 05/14/2015 | ||
| By: Michael Gavin | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I was entertained by an article this morning on WorkCompCentral regarding a drug manufacturer that is suing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for infringing its right to free speech. Amarin Pharma is upset that it cannot market its fish oil drug for "off-label" uses. You can't m...Read More | |||
