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Worker Gets Reimbursement for IME Charge by Doctor Selected by Employer
The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker was entitled to reimbursement for the cost of an examination by a physician selected by his employer, but it reduced…
New Fee Schedule Ups Payments for E&M, Other Services
The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services adopted a new fee schedule that increases overall maximum payments for evaluation and management services by 18%. The new fee schedule also increases…
House Passes Bill to Strike Unconstitutional Law Exempting Ag Workers From Comp Coverage
The New Mexico House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would remove a statute that the state’s Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional seven years ago. The House on March…
Worker Doesn’t Forfeit Entitlement to Benefits by Failing to Disclose 3rd-Party Settlements
A Louisiana appellate court overturned a finding that an injured worker had forfeited her entitlement to benefits by settling her claims against motorists for car accidents that aggravated her work-related…
CWCI Elects 2023 Board of Directors
Sharon Thaler was reelected as chair of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute board of directors for 2023. Sharon Thaler Thaler, who is national director of workers’ compensation field underwriting operations at…
Supreme Court Reinstates Nurse’s Challenge to Order Compelling Her to Attend IME
The Hawaii Supreme Court reinstated an injured nurse’s appeal of a decision compelling her to attend additional independent medical examinations after she allegedly suffered injuries at her first exam. Lola Suzuki…
Bills Would Discontinue Group Self-Insurance, Dissolve Guaranty Fund
Texas lawmakers proposed a bill that would discontinue group self-insurance and dissolve the Texas Self-Insurance Group Guaranty Fund and Trust Fund. Identical companion measures HB 4859 and SB 2269 would prohibit…
Court Upholds Denial of Additional TTD Benefits, Termination of SEBs
A Louisiana appellate court upheld a determination that a worker was no longer entitled to temporary total disability benefits and that her right to supplemental earnings benefits had terminated. Case: Joseph…
Employer Can’t Apportion Permanent Disability to Preexisting Condition
The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was not entitled to apportion a worker’s permanent impairment to a preexisting degenerative condition. Case: Newton Community School District v. Hubbard-McKinney, No.
Worker Can’t Assign Annuity Benefits Payable as Settlement of LHWCA Claim
The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that a worker could not transfer his structured settlement payments from an annuity to resolve his Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act claim. Case: Metropolitan Tower Life…
Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Defendants in Labor Law Case
A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for the defendants in a Labor Law claim, finding triable issues still existed as to the cause of the…
Worker Injured in Scaffold Collapse Gets Summary Judgment
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker injured in a scaffolding collapse should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. Case: Francis v. 3475 Third Ave.