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Wednesday, June 29, 2022
- State: Florida
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A federal appellate court overturned a denial of a carrier’s motion to compel arbitration of a procedurally complex insurance dispute.
Case: Benchmark Insurance Co. v.
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- State: Florida
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed three to the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims.
Jill Jacobs
DeSantis announced the appointments of
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- State: Louisiana
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A Louisiana appellate court upheld a determination that a hospital qualified as the statutory employer of an injured laser technician who was bringing equipment to
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- State: Texas
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A federal appellate court ruled that an injured worker could not collect an agreed judgment against his employer from its insurance carrier when the employer had
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- State: Delaware
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The Delaware Supreme Court upheld a determination that an injured worker’s prescribed narcotic pain medications were no longer compensable.
Case: Sheppard v. Allen Family Foods,
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- State: Tennessee
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee appointed Meredith B. Weaver to serve as a judge on the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board.
Judge Meredith B. Weaver
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- State: Oklahoma
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The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals upheld the dismissal of an injured worker’s claim for retaliatory discharge.
Case: Hernandez v. Educational Development Corp., No. 119832,
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- State: Florida
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The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation reports a significant drop in COVID-19 claims in March and April.
The DWC’s latest report on COVID-19 claims shows
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- State: Texas
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The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that two revised benefit forms were updated and are available for immediate use.
The DWC in June 2021
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- State: Texas
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About a third of claims from 2016 to 2020 involved at least one hospital service, but after three years of stability, the number of claims
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