The California Division of Workers’ Compensation is holding a hearing Dec. 17 on proposed permanent rules to allow electronic service of medical-legal reports.
The proposal would make permanent rules the division…
The Workers Compensation Research Institute is hosting a webinar Nov. 18 to discuss its latest research on the growing use of topical analgesics and gabapentinoids to treat injured workers.
Author Vennela…
A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to have his claim reopened for the consideration of additional permanent partial disability benefits for his compensable…
An Ohio appellate court ruled that a 2018 change in the common law standard for determining entitlement to temporary total disability benefits applied retroactively to a worker who had retired…
A divided Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld a jury verdict for a mail carrier who was bitten by a dog, even though it should not have been allowed to hear evidence of his receipt of…
A jury awarded $2.2 million to an Iowa worker who was fired days before scheduled surgery to treat a work-related injury, according to a report by the Sioux City Journal.
The…