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  • State: Pennsylvania
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania continues to reject repetitive challenges to the constitutionality of the state's new impairment rating evaluation process.

Case: Kittles v. City

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  • State: Colorado
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The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that when a worker is injured in the course of his employment by the acts of an underinsured third-party tortfeasor, workers’ compensation

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  • State: California
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About 15% of COVID-19 claims with medical payments involved treatment for long COVID symptoms, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California reported.

More than

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  • State: California
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For the second time, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said a Southern California judge failed to consider the fair market value of services

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  • State: Maryland
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The Maryland Appellate Court ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Commission used an appropriate methodology to calculate a worker’s average weekly wages but miscalculated the amount

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  • State: Hawaii
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Hawaii’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent partial disability benefits for a worker’s knee injuries.

Case: Noborikawa v. Host International Inc., No.

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  • State: West Virginia
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of permanent partial disability benefits for a worker with a back injury.

Case: Helmandollar v. Blackhawk Mining LLC,

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  • State: Nebraska
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The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits to a housekeeper for a respiratory injury brought on by wearing a used face mask during

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  • State: California
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom enacted legislation allowing carriers to continue using prepaid debit cards for payment of temporary and permanent disability benefits.

At the same

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  • State: Pennsylvania
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a utilization review determination that a worker’s ongoing treatments were neither reasonable nor necessary.

Michael Perry worked for the

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