State: LA | Segment: Top | 674 | 0 | Popular with Legal
A divided Louisiana Supreme Court ruled last week that employers have the authority to select the pharmacy that fills an injured employee’s prescriptions.
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State: PA | Segment: Top | 361 | 0 | Popular with Legal
In a case of first impression, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on Monday ruled that an employer can be subjected to a penalty for failing to provide the prompt payment of benefits to an injured worker, even if the award was paid by the Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund.
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State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 367 | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that an employer’s provision of a “prescription card” does not constitute a payment of “compensation” that would start the clock on the employer’s ability to controvert a worker’s claim.
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 796 | 0 | Popular with Legal
A Central California employer is suing insurance brokers, two brokerage firms and a professional employer organization of selling her bogus workers’ compensation coverage.
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1131 | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Workers’ Compensation Ethics Advisory Committee identified five violations of judicial ethics and one “technical violation” in 42 complaints it resolved last year.
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 296 | 0 | Popular with Legal
AF Group has hired Eric Halter as director of its newly launched brand, AF Specialty, which will provide fronting capacity to insurance carriers, managing general agents, reinsurance intermediaries and captive managers.
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 2000 | 0 | Popular with Legal
The 2nd District Court of Appeal on Thursday ruled that an employer with a legal obligation to provide medical treatment to an injured worker is responsible for any disability arising directly from an unsuccessful medical intervention, without apportionment to any non-industrial causes for the un...Read More
State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 482 | 0 | Popular with Legal
A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an employer could not bring an administrative action disputing its obligation to pay a hospital’s bill for treating an injured employee.
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 526 | 0 | Popular with Legal
Pain catastrophizing — a condition in which a patient’s concerns about pain are exaggerated or overblown — has been associated with an array of negative outcomes, including opioid misuse and greater disability.
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