Court Vacates Injunction on Treatment Review Process

A Louisiana appellate court last week vacated an injunction that prohibited the administrators of the state comp system from maintaining the process for workers to get approval for medical procedures under the state's newly minted treatment schedule. Last summer, Baton Rouge Civil Court Judge Donald Johnson made a finding that the regulatory review process likely did not comport with due process and violated the separation-of-powers doctrine. Accordingly, he said a group of workers who were challenging the constitutionality of the process were entitled to a preliminary inju...