Workers' Compensation News
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Court Allows Injured Worker to Add to Claim, Reinstates Benefits | 07/18/2022 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the grant of a worker’s petitions to add a new injury to his claim and reinstate his benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Employer's Challenge to Verdict Awarding Benefits | 07/15/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court denied an employer’s challenge to a jury verdict in favor of a long-time employee for her alleged injuries from her repetitive work actions. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds UR Determination on Worker's Excessive Opioid Use | 07/15/2022 | |
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| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that an injured worker’s opioid medication usage was excessive and needed to be tapered in accordance with a utilization reviewer’s recommendations. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Findings That Worker's Bills Aren't Related to Covered Conditions | 07/14/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board that found a worker’s medical bills were not causally related to her established conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award of Interim TTD for Injured Worker | 07/13/2022 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a worker was entitled to an award of interim temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Carrier Can't Assert Lien on Worker's Third-Party Recovery | 07/12/2022 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals upheld a grant of summary judgment denying an insurance carrier the ability to assert a lien against a worker’s third-party recovery. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds TTD Award to Worker for Aggravation of Preexisting Depression | 07/12/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a school district employee for a substantial aggravation of a preexisting major depressive disorder. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Worker's Challenge to Venue Transfer, Upholds Dismissal of DWC as Party | 07/11/2022 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court dismissed a worker’s challenge to a trial court’s order transferring venue and upheld the dismissal of the Division of Workers’ Compensation as a party to his suit. ...Read More | |||
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Chiropractor Not Entitled to Hearing on Denial of Application to Continue Treating Workers | 07/11/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a hearing to a chiropractor who lost authorization to continue treating injured workers because he had accepted kickbacks from a medical equipment supplier. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Can Assert Lien on Worker's Malpractice Recovery From Former Attorneys | 07/11/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier was entitled to assert a lien against an injured worker’s malpractice settlement with her former attorneys. ...Read More | |||
