Goldberg Segalla Adds to Teams in Manhattan, Princeton
Goldberg Segalla added Ayomikun Loye to the firm’s workers’ compensation group in New York and added Drew J. Wares to its work comp group in Princeton, New Jersey.
Ayomikun Loye
Loye was…
Patrick Smyth Joins Summit as Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO
Summit Consulting, a provider of workers’ compensation insurance coverage in the southeastern United States, named Patrick Smyth senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer.
Patrick Smyth
Smyth brings a…
Court Clarifies Calculation of PPD Rate for Worker With Concurrent Employment
The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a worker with concurrent employments was entitled to additional permanent partial disability benefits.
Case: Barnhart v. Montana State Fund, No. 2019-4816, 01/11/2022, published.
Facts: Tamara Barnhart worked…
Senate Confirms Zalewski to WCAB
The California Senate unanimously confirmed Katherine Zalewski for a six-year term on the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board.
Katherine Zalewski
The Senate voted 34-0 to confirm Gov. Gavin Newsom’s reappointment on Jan. 18.
Zalewski…
Several States See Bills to Bar Payments for Cannabis; N.J. Measure Would Require Coverage
Lawmakers in Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska and South Dakota are considering bills that would explicitly shield payers from reimbursing injured workers for using medical cannabis.
A legislator in New Jersey, however, is…
Appropriations Committee Passes MPN ID Bill
The California Assembly Appropriations Committee unanimously approved a bill that would require employers to provide information about their medical network to injured workers in certain circumstances, which is projected to have…