The Oregon Court of Appeals vacated part of a criminal defendant’s conviction for workers’ compensation fraud saying the trial judge gave bad instructions to the
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The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an employer unreasonably closed a worker’s claim when she did not have an attending physician.
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Payments for medical-legal services to resolve disputes over compensability issues in workplace injury claims have risen “sharply” under the new medical-legal fee schedule that took
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The Utah Supreme Court overturned a denial of benefits to a truck driver for blood clots he developed after making a three-day trip to California.
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Policy committees in the California Senate passed bills that would extend COVID-19 presumptions and review the process for carriers, prosecutors and regulators to work together
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California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara rejected the recommendation from an agency attorney that he approve a request from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau to
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The Oklahoma Supreme Court denied a request to make an emergency appointment so that the Workers’ Compensation Court of Existing Claims can continue hearing cases
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Florida’s chief financial officer and the Florida Department of Financial Services said in court filings that the state’s workers’ compensation laws allow first responders to
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A Northern California jury ordered AP Keenan to pay $34.5 million in damages after finding the company knew the Santa Cruz School District was discriminating
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The California Supreme Court granted a federal appeals court request to decide whether the derivative injury doctrine prohibits a civil claim against an employer when
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