Workers' Compensation News
Worker Wrongfully Denied Chance to Cross-Examine Carrier's Expert | 07/08/2019 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was wrongfully deprived of the opportunity to cross-examine an insurance carrier’s expert opinion as to a permanent impairment rating. ...Read More | |||
WCIRB: Expenses Remain Most Costly Component of System | 07/02/2019 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
California insurers incurred about $6.6 billion in expenses in 2018, more than the $4.6 billion paid for medical benefits or the $3.8 billion in indemnity benefits provided last year, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s 2018 loss and expense summary. ...Read More | |||
Who Are the Gig Workers? Reports Offer Some Clues | 07/01/2019 | ||
By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
As employee classification and portable benefit programs continue to be hot issues across the country, two new reports may shed more light on who gig workers are and what they want. ...Read More | |||
Worker Can't Compel Employer to Choose Different Pharmacy Provider | 07/01/2019 | ||
State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A narrow majority of the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that an employee's motion to compel her employer to choose a different pharmacy was premature. ...Read More | |||
WCRI Finds Biggest Drop in Drug Spend in California, While Louisiana's Costs Increase | 06/28/2019 | ||
By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Twenty-six of 27 states in a new report saw their workers’ comp prescription drug costs per claim drop from January 2015 to March 2018, with California posting the biggest decrease, 77%. ...Read More | |||
Worker Can't Be Compelled to Attend IME by Unknown Doctor | 06/28/2019 | ||
State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that the State Fund could not compel attendance at an independent medical examination without first identifying the date and name of the examiner. ...Read More | |||
WCIRB Submits Regulatory Filing | 06/27/2019 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau submitted its annual regulatory filing proposing to reduce the final premium amount that would subject California policyholders to a physical audit, among other things. ...Read More | |||
Worker Can't Avoid Court Order to Sign Releases | 06/26/2019 | ||
State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to relief from a trial judge’s order compelling him to release documents to his employer. ...Read More | |||
Worker Can't Sue Employer's Claims Administrator for Discrimination | 06/24/2019 | ||
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that an injured truck driver could not sue her former employer’s third-party claims administrator for workers’ compensation discrimination, and that her claim of fraud was time-barred. ...Read More | |||
WC Prosecutor Elevated to Judge Post | 06/24/2019 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The official in charge of prosecuting many workers' compensation fraud cases in New York is now a judge on the state Court of Claims. ...Read More | |||