Workers' Compensation News
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Court Nixes Red Book for AWP, Orders Bureau to Find Replacement | 01/03/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Pennsylvania appeals court on Tuesday said Red Book values are not an accurate average wholesale price and ordered the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation to identify a new nationally recognized schedule of pharmaceutical costs to resolve payment disputes. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Black Car Fund Entitled to Surcharge on Non-Cash Tips | 01/03/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A program that provides workers’ compensation benefits to for-hire drivers in New York can assess surcharges on non-cash tips, a federal appeals court held. ...Read More | |||
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Workers Need Not Be Fired for Willful Misconduct to Lose Entitlement to TTD | 01/03/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled that a worker fired for poor performance was terminated for misconduct unrelated to her injury. ...Read More | |||
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Settlement Doesn't Bar Comp Claim, but Statute of Limitations Does | 01/03/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s settlement with the Second Injury Fund did not bar him from pursuing a claim for injuries against an insurance carrier for his family farm, but the statute of limitations did. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Seeks Annual Report on Claim Stats | 01/03/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York lawmaker is proposing to require the Workers’ Compensation Board to file annual reports with detailed claim statistics, starting in February 2025. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Misrepresentations Don't Warrant Forfeiture of Entire SLU Award | 01/03/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker made material misrepresentations about his condition to obtain wage-replacement benefits, but his conduct did not warrant the disqualification of his entitlement to a schedule loss of use award or future benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Factory Operator Qualifies as Special Employer of Allegedly Injured Worker | 01/03/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of an allegedly injured worker’s claims against a factory operator, finding he was a special employee of the defendant. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Defense Firm Adds Partner in Fresno | 01/02/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California workers’ compensation defense law firm of Duncan, Cassio, Lucchesi, Binkley and Van Doren announced that Lisa Madden has joined as a partner in its Fresno office. ...Read More | |||
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Court Doubles Suspension Term for Attorney Convicted in Comp Scheme | 01/02/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court doubled the length of the suspension handed down to an attorney convicted of falsifying business records for a client of his payroll company as part of a work comp fraud scheme. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Reasonableness of Attorney Fee Award | 01/02/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals said that though an attorney fee award of $7,200 is a far cry from the $19,000 that was requested, substantial evidence and reason supported the Workers’ Compensation Board’s order. ...Read More | |||
