The Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted a petition to review a case that found the statutory prohibition on self-referrals prohibits physicians from sending injured workers to pharmacies
… Read more »A New York appellate court ruled that one Labor Law defendant was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the claims against it for a worker’s fatal
… Read more »The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a grant of writ relief directing the Industrial Commission to revisit a worker’s second claim for permanent total disability benefits.
… Read more »A New York appellate court ruled that an allegedly injured worker was entitled to an adverse inference charge based on the defendants’ spoliation of evidence and
… Read more »A medical biller convicted of stealing $1.1 million from surgeons who treated injured workers was sentenced to probation for five years and ordered to pay
… Read more »A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims against a residential property’s owners.
Case: DiNieri v. Schimmelpennick, No.
… Read more »The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a bakeware manufacturer in Cleveland $182,293 for violations it says resulted in two amputations that could have
… Read more »A man who ran the workers' compensation program for a nursing home in central Pennsylvania faces a conspiracy charge for allegedly soliciting kickbacks from a physician
… Read more »New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday enacted legislation that allows all workers, not just first responders, to file claims for mental stress.
The governor
… Read more »A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s claims against it.
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