
The Court of Appeal for the 3rd District of California has ordered publication of its decision from earlier this month finding the Privette doctrine barred
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California comp carriers and self-insured employers can add licensed clinical social workers to their medical provider networks, under a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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The Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a determination that a claimant has a permanent injury or is entitled to benefits is not a prerequisite
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The Illinois Appellate Court upheld an award of benefits to a firefighter for his kidney cancer, finding he established an occupational disease by a preponderance
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After falling to $1.8 billion in calendar year 2020, aggregate medical payments rebounded in 2021 and increased about 5.5% to $1.9 billion, according to a
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A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of additional benefits and treatment for a steelworker with a history of shoulder injuries.
Raymond Hatfield
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The Idaho Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a self-described livestock transportation broker was the statutory employer of a driver injured while attempting to load a
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A group of insurance companies is asking the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings to analyze the validity of proposed hospital reimbursement rules and determine whether
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The Illinois Appellate Court upheld the summary dismissal of an allegedly injured worker’s retaliatory discharge claim.
Dana E. Eckerty began working for the Eastern Illinois
… Read more »A New York appellate court revived a widow’s Labor Law claims for her husband’s fatal electrical injuries.
Bridgestreet Corporate Housing LLC was a tenant and
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