Comments on rules that the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board proposed to facilitate remote hearings in California show some divide in how system users view virtual
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The Delaware Superior Court ruled that an employer was entitled to discontinue its payment for narcotic painkillers medications based on an injured worker's high use
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The propensity of the past to be prologue allows some predictions about industry trends based on prior economic downturns, but the unique nature of the
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Physicians can provide services to patients through separate legal entities in which they have a financial interest without violating the statutory prohibition on self-referrals, a
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California’s workers compensation market, rattled by the COVID-19 pandemic, is still seeing anemic rates but writings are expected to inch up by the end of
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A California appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to a general contractor dismissing the tort claims by a subcontractor’s injured employee as being
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Researchers for Rand Corp. said their review of first responder claims for post-traumatic stress disorder found evidence supporting the rationale for California lawmakers to create
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Trials, including lien trials and Special Adjudication Unit trials, will be held in person at most Division of Workers’ Compensation district offices, starting today.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed an unopposed bill that would have prohibited apportioning disability to race, gender and other characteristics, and he said training qualified
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A California appellate court ruled that a workers’ compensation insurance carrier could not disqualify the attorneys representing a third-party tortfeasor based on a purported conflict
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