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…
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the exclusive remedy provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act do not extend to a general contractor who is not the employee’s immediate employer.
Case: Munoz…
Medicare is systematically denying payment for treatments and prescription drugs when injured workers have not reported proper exhaustion of set-aside funds, according to an Ametros analysis.
And while almost a third…
The owner of a roofing company pleaded guilty to two felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud in a case investigated by the California Insurance Department and prosecuted by the…
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s Labor Law claim based on his alleged fall on the roof of a building under construction could not be resolved by…
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of authorization for a carpenter’s seventh surgery to address an elbow injury.
Case: Runyon v. Wiseman Construction Co. Inc., No. 20-0638, 01/11/2022, published.
Facts:…