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
… Read more »A federal appellate court upheld an award of black lung benefits for a longtime coal miner.
Case: Consol PA Coal Co. v. OWCP, No. 23-1892, 09/17/2024,
… Read more »The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s occupational pneumoconiosis claim.
Case: Lewis v. Columbia West Virginia Corp., No. 23-616, 09/23/2024, published.
… Read more »Long-tenured Illinois workers’ compensation attorney James K. Keefe Sr. died at the age of 68.
Keefe died at his
… Read more »A New York appellate court upheld an arbitrator’s determination that a Workers' Compensation Board employee was properly terminated for misconduct.
Case: Matter of Henry v.
… Read more »The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that its Workers’ Compensation Information System will undergo an upgrade in October.
The division said WCIS will receive
… Read more »The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee passed a bill that would authorize physician assistants and nurse practitioners to treat injured federal workers.
… Read more »The National Council on Compensation Insurance recommended an average 6.1% cut in voluntary loss costs for Connecticut in 2025.
NCCI also proposed a 6.2% average
… Read more »California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed over potential cost concerns a bill that would have allowed county and special district park rangers to receive full-pay salary
… Read more »The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine ruled that a widow could not pursue a civil suit against her late husband’s co-worker for throwing a punch
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