Workers' Compensation News
Worker Lacks Standing to Appeal Liability Finding | 02/29/2024 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker lacked standing to appeal a finding that her employer’s insurance carrier didn't have to pay for diagnostic testing she received from an out-of-network provider. ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Chemical Exposure Claim | 02/29/2024 | ||
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a retired worker’s chemical exposure injury claim. Case: Goines v. Stan...Read More | |||
DWC Proposes New Dispensing Fee, Changes to Pharmacy Fee Schedule | 02/28/2024 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation proposed rules to incorporate into its pharmacy fee schedule new prescription drug reimbursement rules adopted by the state’s Medicaid program. ...Read More | |||
Bill Would Allow Electronic Signature on C&R | 02/28/2024 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Injured workers and their beneficiaries in California would be able to electronically sign settlement agreements, under a bill introduced this month. ...Read More | |||
Exclusive Remedy No Bar to Civil Rights Claim for Forced Strip Search | 02/28/2024 | ||
State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A federal appellate court ruled that neither qualified immunity nor the exclusive remedy provision of Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Law barred a nurse’s civil rights claims of being strip-searched as she reported for a job assignment at a jail. ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits to Coal Miner | 02/28/2024 | ||
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of permanent partial disability benefits to a former miner on his occupational pneumoconiosis claim. ...Read More | |||
WCRI Publishes Compendium of State, Federal Cost Containment Strategies | 02/28/2024 | ||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Workers Compensation Research Institute published a guide describing the medical cost containment strategies used in all 50 states and three federal workers’ compensation programs. ...Read More | |||
Fraud Determination Can Wait Until Claimant's Release From Prison | 02/28/2024 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A New York appellate court upheld a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board to hold off on addressing whether a worker had committed fraud to obtain benefits until after his release from prison. ...Read More | |||
Court: Board Didn't Abuse Discretion in Denying Employer's Late Application for Review | 02/28/2024 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board did not abuse its discretion in denying an employer’s untimely application for review. ...Read More | |||
Double-Dipper Gets 5-Year Sentence, $170,000 Restitution Order | 02/28/2024 | ||
State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office said a woman was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $170,000 in restitution for conning two employers in two states with phony workers’ compensation claims. ...Read More | |||