Workers' Compensation News
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Court Overturns Denial of Pharmacy's Petition to Strike Judgment | 05/30/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned the denial of a pharmacy’s petition to strike a judgment against it, explaining that the pharmacy was not and could not be a party to the billing review proceedings in which a judge found that it had been overpaid. ...Read More | |||
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Claim by Worker Who Fell From Roof Not Amenable to Summary Judgment | 05/29/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s Labor Law claim for his fall from a condominium roof was not amenable to summary judgment. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Errs in Finding Temp Company's Client Is Dual Employer | 05/29/2025 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Commission erred in finding that a business using a staffing company’s services was the dual employer of an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award for Worker's Occupational Asthma | 05/28/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to benefits for his occupational asthma from his on-the-job chemical exposures. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Tribal Immunity Extends to Health Care Contractor | 05/22/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court overturned a Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board decision and held that a nonprofit health care organization that works with several Indian tribes is entitled to sovereign immunity. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds $2.8 Million Verdict in Gross Negligence Claim | 05/22/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a jury’s award of $2.8 million in a co-worker gross negligence action arising from the death of a surface mine employee. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Authorization for Knee Surgery, Approves Other Treatments | 05/22/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a denial of authorization for a worker’s knee surgery, but it said his shoulder surgery, diagnostic testing and pain management referral should have been approved. ...Read More | |||
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Claims Administrator Can't Rely on Online Product Prices to Contest Bills | 05/21/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a claims administrator could not carry its burden of proof to challenge the amounts charged by a medical supply company with evidence that comparable products could be purchased online for less. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Late Expert Report, Testimony Shouldn't Have Been Kept From Evidence | 05/21/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the report and testimony of a worker’s expert should not have been kept from evidence even though the expert did not appear for a deposition before the deadline set by the Workers’ Compensation Board. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Approves Regulatory Filing | 05/20/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved regulatory changes recommended by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. ...Read More | |||
