Workers' Compensation News
Appeals Court Orders Partial Publication of Retaliation, Emotional Distress Decision | 07/05/2023 | ||
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A California appellate court last week ordered partial publication of its determination that an elected city official’s claims for retaliation and intentional infliction of emotional distress should have been subjected to the defendants’ special motion to strike. ...Read More | |||
Appeals Court Orders Review of City's Entitlement to Reduce Judgment | 07/05/2023 | ||
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A California appellate court ruled that a trial court needed to revisit its determination that a city was not entitled to reduce a judgment against it to account for the workers’ compensation benefits a plaintiff had received. ...Read More | |||
Assembly Passes PBM Transparency Measure | 07/03/2023 | ||
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The New Jersey Assembly on Friday passed a bill setting new transparency standards for pharmacy benefit manager business practices. S...Read More | |||
Alexandra Cohen Joins Goldberg Segalla Office in New York | 06/27/2023 | ||
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Goldberg Segalla announced that Alexandra L. Cohen joined the firm’s workers’ compensation group in Manhattan. ...Read More | |||
Appeals Court Says Pet Service App Not Employer, Doesn't Need Comp | 06/08/2023 | ||
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An online platform that connects pet owners to people providing services such as dog walking or grooming and pockets a percentage of any payments as compensation for the matchmaking is not an employer required to pay for workers’ compensation insurance, an appellate court in Washington...Read More | |||
Agency Owner Charged With Fraud | 06/02/2023 | ||
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The owner of an insurance agency was arraigned in connection with an alleged scheme to steal $39,000 in workers’ compensation premiums, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office announced. ...Read More | |||
A Tale of Two Bills: Legislature Meets DWC Halfway on Recommendations | 06/01/2023 | ||
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By Steve Nichols, News Contributor The Texas Legislature sent the governor a bill before adjourning the 2023 session to implement a Division of Workers’ Compensation recommendation to exempt designated doctor exams from state sales taxes. ...Read More | |||
Assembly Passes Bill to Exempt UR Time From TD Cap, Expand PTSD Presumption | 05/30/2023 | ||
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The California Assembly passed bills that would exempt time spent disputing medical treatment issues from the aggregate cap on temporary disability benefits as well as a measure to create a post-traumatic stress disorder presumption for nurses at state hospitals. ...Read More | |||
ADR Administrative Conferences to Use Teams Technology | 05/12/2023 | ||
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The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry announced that its Alternative Dispute Resolution unit will begin on Monday using the Microsoft Teams dial-in feature for administrative conferences. ...Read More | |||
Attorney's Improper Contact With IME Warrants Sanctions | 05/09/2023 | ||
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The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld sanctions against an employer’s attorney for improperly contacting an independent medical evaluator to request a change in the doctor’s report. ...Read More | |||