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A Florida judge found that an air ambulance provider lacked standing to bring a lawsuit against the Office of Insurance Regulations to prohibit enforcement of a bill that requires health insurers to provide reasonable reimbursement for air transportation services and prohibits so-called balance billing.
Air Methods Corp. and Rocky Mountain Holdings LLC asked the district court for Northern Florida to enjoin Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier… Read more »
The Iowa Court of Appeals tossed tort claims against co-employees of a worker who was killed while repairing a railroad bridge, as well as against the railway.
Case: Estate of Zdroik v. Iowa Southern Railway Co., No. 20-0233, 10/06/2021, published.
Facts: Anthony Zdroik worked for Sheet Piling Services LLC. The company dispatched… Read more »
A bankruptcy court ruled that the workers’ compensation insurance carriers that had secured a judgment against the owner of a defunct company may have a valid lien against some of the assets in the estate.
Case: In the Matter of Hardin, No. 18-70395-LRC, 09/29/2021, published.
Facts and procedural history: The Zurich… Read more »News: NATIONAL
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A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant in a personal injury suit was not entitled to summary judgment on an exclusive remedy defense, even though the trial justice erred in excluding its supporting affidavits.
Case: Buffington v. Catholic School Region of Northwest and Southwest Bronx, No. 25761/15E, 10/05/2021,… Read more »
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder while throwing debris in a waste bin.
Case: Plaku v. 1622 Van Buren LLC, No. 28785/16E, 10/05/2021, published.
Facts: Guxim Plaku suffered injuries in a fall while working on a construction… Read more »RIMS CEO Mary Roth announced plans to retire following the 2022 annual Conference & Exhibition in April.
Roth joined RIMS in 1985 and served in roles including assistant director of research and director of membership and chapter services. She was appointed deputy executive director in 1999. In 2004, she was named… Read more »
Workers’ compensation defense and general liability firm Gilson Daub expanded into Idaho, opening a new office in Boise, and it added four attorneys to its team in Southern California.
The firm said its roster of national clients has requested litigation defense in Idaho, prompting it to set up the new office, its third opened in 2021.
Partner Kristi Robles will… Read more »
Standardized benefits paid to injured workers from 2015 to 2019 have continued to drop, in line with a 10-year trend, according to a study released Thursday by the National Academy of Social Insurance.
In studying data on coverage of the U.S. labor force, the cost of coverage and benefits paid to workers at both the national level and across states, researchers… Read more »
What does the number 62 mean to you?
Is it an age? A road? Perhaps it is the number of times you swore to yourself you’d find another industry to work in but found yourself stuck in workers’ comp after all.
Well, at the moment, it might be the number assigned to a state… Read more »
Telemedicine use tracked closely with emergency rules and state reopening efforts, according to a report by the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation.
“Telemedicine utilization was low until March 2020, when the pandemic hit,” a snapshot of the report reads.… Read more »
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