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House Passes Bill to Terminate TD When Worker Is Released for RTW 02/04/2025
State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Montana State House of Representatives passed a bill that would terminate temporary disability benefits automatically when a claimant is released to return to work. ...Read More
 
 

High Court Grants Review in Another WCAB Deadline Case 01/31/2025
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
The California Supreme Court has granted review in another case involving a requirement for the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board to act on petitions for reconsideration within 60 days. ...Read More
 
 

House Unanimously Approves Bill to Increase Use of Physician Assistants 01/29/2025
State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Montana House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill that would facilitate increased use of physician assistants by removing provisions that limit when they can treat injured workers or conduct impairment rating evaluations. ...Read More
 
 

High Court: 2019 Law Allows Civil Action for Disease to Proceed 01/28/2025
State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Illinois Supreme Court said legislation authorizing civil actions after the close of statutory limits for occupational disease claims applies to illnesses discovered after the law was enacted in 2019. ...Read More
 
 

High Court: Exclusivity Doesn't Apply to Estate Time-Barred From Pursuing Disease Claim 01/24/2025
State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Exclusive remedy does not prohibit the estate of a deceased worker from suing the worker's former employer for negligence when the estate is otherwise time-barred from pursuing benefits under the Occupational Disease Act, a split Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled. ...Read More
 
 

High Court Strikes Down Regulation on Compensability of Psychological Conditions 01/13/2025
State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled that Workforce Safety and Insurance exceeded its authority in promulgating a regulation that deprived a worker of benefits for the psychological conditions he developed after an accident left him quadriplegic. ...Read More
 
 

High Court Grants WCAB Appeal in Mayor Case 12/18/2024
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The California Supreme Court granted the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's request to review the appellate court decision prohibiting the WCAB from acting on petitions for reconsideration more than 60 days after they were filed. ...Read More
 
 

High Court to Review Applicability of Self-Dealing Prohibition to Pharmacies 12/13/2024
State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted a petition to review a case that found the statutory prohibition on self-referrals prohibits physicians from sending injured workers to pharmacies in which they have a financial interest. ...Read More
 
 

High Court OKs Attorney Fees After Successful Appeal 12/11/2024
State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
A divided Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday held that an appellate court did not err in remanding an issue of attorney fees to a trial court after it affirmed the lower court's judgment. ...Read More
 
 

High Court Denies TTD to Worker Fired for Misconduct Before Surgery 12/03/2024
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a worker who was terminated for misconduct could not collect temporary total disability benefits after undergoing surgery for his compensable injury. ...Read More
 
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