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 meaningful appellate review.”
Case: Jordan v.
A former postal worker pleaded guilty to failing to disclose his employment as a softball coach while receiving workers’ compensation benefits, according to a report by the Bangor Daily News.
Jody…
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from trying to avoid a fall from a…
A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a malpractice action against a law firm that failed to file a workers’ compensation claim for a client who would not…
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, and upheld the denial of…