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A Florida appeals court held that the Department of Financial Services exceeded its rulemaking authority with a 2023 proposal that essentially equated dispensing doctors with pharmacies and pharmacists.
"Dispensing practitioners do not fit within the plain meaning of 'pharmacist,' nor do they engage in the 'practice of the profession of pharmacy,'" the 1st District Court of Appeal said Wednesday.
As a result, proposed rules that would have prohibited… Read more »
The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld a judge’s order disqualifying a defense firm from representing a professional employer organization in a workers’ compensation coverage dispute due to its brief prior representation of the employer.
Case: Arboleda v. Paychex, No. A-0085-25, 02/25/2026, unpublished.
Facts and procedural history: Prop N Spoon entered a professional employer organization agreement with Paychex. The agreement was for Paychex… Read more »A Texas appellate court ruled that the defendants in an injured worker’s… Read more »
A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a… Read more »
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The West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a coal miner was entitled to benefits for a knee injury.
Case: ACNR Resources Inc. v. Asturi, No. 25-ICA-270, 02/03/2026, published.
Facts: Joseph Asturi worked for ACNR Resources Inc. as an underground coal miner. He allegedly twisted his knee when he stepped into a hole at work in… Read more »
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced that a police officer was charged with two counts of fraud for allegedly exaggerating an on-duty injury to collect disability benefits.
Prosecutors said Los Angeles Police Officer Christopher B. Carnahan, 43, injured his left elbow in May 2023 and was placed on temporary total disability status.
Despite… Read more »The Arizona House of Representatives on Thursday passed bills that would restrict when insurers covering firefighters can file a uniform rate deviation and direct the state to establish a registry to collect data on cancer trends among state firefighters.
The House voted 52-1 to pass HB 2271, which would allow insurers covering firefighters and fire… Read more »
The New York Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bill allowing those entitled to death benefits to receive payments through direct deposit.
The Senate voted 57-0 to pass S4467, which would expand the law allowing direct deposit of other workers' compensation benefits to include death benefits owed to a surviving spouse, domestic partner,… Read more »
Connecticut lawmakers are considering legislation that would require a formal study of delays in workers' compensation claims filed by police officers and firefighters.
HB 5385, introduced Thursday and referred to the Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees, would direct the state Workers’ Compensation Commission to… Read more »
Workers' comp and Medicaid are intertwined.
First, a few factoids about Medicaid:
One out of four Americans is covered by Medicaid.
Medicaid accounts for about 17% of U.S. medical spend (work comp is about 1%).
It is very state-specific; states have a lot of… Read more »
Louisiana lawmakers are considering legislation that would restrict the evidence parties may introduce when appealing certain workers' compensation medical treatment decisions.
SB 162, introduced Wednesday, would amend Louisiana law governing the state’s… Read more »
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