West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the authorization for an occipital nerve stimulator to treat a worker’s head injury.

Case: Marshall County Coal Resources

Inpatient hospitalization rates stabilized in 2024 after nearly a decade of steady declines, while spinal surgeries resumed a long-term downward trend after a brief interruption

A Florida appellate court reinstated a worker’s petition for benefits, finding it was timely filed within one year of his last receipt of authorized medical treatment.

A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claim due to his repeated failure to appear for a deposition.

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South Carolina lawmakers voted to send the governor a bill that would add coverage for strokes to the law that presumes heart and respiratory diseases