Fiscal committees in both chambers of the California Legislature will hold hearings on a handful of workers’ compensation bills Wednesday and Thursday, including a measure
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If the volume of independent medical review decision letters issued through the first half of 2022 holds for the rest of the year, determinations on
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A federal appellate court upheld an award of damages to a novice longshoreman who suffered the traumatic amputation of three fingers after just 10 days
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Act does not authorize an order for an employer to pay an injured worker for
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The Michigan Supreme Court issued four separate opinions regarding an opioid-dependent worker’s eligibility for benefits, with a majority concluding the record was “too incomplete to facilitate
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that utilization review determinations can't be used to establish the causal relationship between a treatment and a work injury,
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The Missouri Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits from the Second Injury Fund for a worker who presented equivocal, but uncontroverted, evidence about whether
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A Louisiana appellate court upheld a determination that an insurance carrier owed no coverage for a worker’s claims that he was assaulted and battered by
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The California Workers’ Compensation Institute reported that a rise in medical-only and indemnity claim volume in 2021 drove frequency for private self-insured employers to the highest
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The South Dakota Supreme Court upheld the denial of permanent total disability benefits for a hospital worker who claimed to suffer psychological conditions after being
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