Delaware lawmakers voted to send the governor a bill that would increase payments for evaluation and management services after the state’s transition to a Resource-Based Relative Value Scale fee schedule.
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The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a denial of authorization for surgery to an injured worker, as well as a denial of additional temporary total disability benefits.
Case: Grubbs v. Southern Personnel Management…
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to authorization for surgery recommended by his longtime treating physician.
Case: Blackhawk Mining LLC v. Ullman, No.
The Maryland Appellate Court upheld a jury verdict awarding a worker temporary total disability benefits for his respiratory problems, even though the primary diagnosis for his condition changed between the…
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a second opinion was warranted for a worker’s ongoing shoulder complaints.
Case: Charleston Area Medical Center v. Thaxton, No. 24-ICA-488, 06/06/2025,…
A California appellate court said a mall owner may have exercised affirmative control over aspects of an electrical system upgrade project in a way that rebuts the presumption under the…