Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Court Upholds Termination of Volunteer Firefighter's Operational Privileges | 05/20/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the termination of a volunteer firefighter’s operational privileges due to his failure to disclose his disabled designation by the Workers' Compensation Board, among other misconduct. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Has Jurisdiction Over Fee Dispute Among Attorneys | 05/19/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a determination that the Workers’ Compensation Commission had jurisdiction over a fee dispute among the former attorneys for an injured worker and successor counsel. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award of Wage-Loss Disability Benefits | 05/19/2025 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to 50% wage-loss disability benefits. Case: Arkansa...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes State Hospital Heart Trouble Presumption Bill, Sends Others to Suspense File | 05/16/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Assembly Appropriations Committee passed a bill that would presume heart trouble is compensable for workers at California state hospitals and is projected to have minor and absorbable costs. ...Read More | |||
