The Utah Court of Appeals ruled that a worker can receive benefits for injuries she sustained from an idiopathic fall while she was working — if
… Read more »California lawmakers closed out the 2024 legislative session by passing a bill that would allow electronic signatures on all work comp documents, and a bill requiring that doctors
… Read more »A California appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board lacks jurisdiction to act on a petition for reconsideration more than 60 days after
… Read more »The California Workers’ Compensation Institute published a report on trends in average benefit payments valued 24 months from the date of injury.
CWCI reports average
… Read more »The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has granted review of disagreement over the proper prescription drug fee schedule for resolving workers’ compensation disputes.
In January, the Commonwealth
… Read more »A California appellate court ruled that some claims in a dispute between the founding partners of a factoring company should have been dismissed.
In 2010, Ari
… Read more »A Texas appellate court ruled that an employer’s alleged administrative violations did not prevent it from presenting and prevailing on its exclusivity defense.
Robert Lane worked for
… Read more »The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a pension offset is not available when the retiree returns to work for a former employer on a
… Read more »The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that an employer could not relitigate the reasonableness of a worker’s mileage expenses from traveling to see a chiropractor 78
… Read more »A federal appellate court created a split among the circuits on whether the parent company of a self-insuring coal mine operator can be held liable
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