Q&A With Joe Paduda on OWCP Audit
The workers’ compensation program that covers federal workers and postal employees lacked a pharmacy benefit manager to help contain costs, resulting in more than $320 million in excess spending for…
High Court Says Retail Worker Can’t Sue Employer for Mishandling Dog-Bite Incident
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act barred a retail worker from suing her employer for mishandling an incident where she…
Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits, Continuing ‘Disturbing Trend’ Identified by Dissent
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the closure of a coal miner’s claim for a crush injury over a dissenting justice’s concern that the court is developing a “disturbing pattern”…
WCIRB Recommends Small Rate Increase; Public Actuary Recommends 7.3% Cut
The Governing Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Rating Bureau of California on Wednesday approved a fourth consecutive recommendation to raise the advisory pure premium rate.
Commissioner Ricardo Lara
The insurance commissioner…
Court Establishes Requirements for Worker to Receive ‘Extended’ TTD Benefits
In a case of first impression, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a worker did not establish his entitlement to extended temporary total disability benefits beyond the statutory…