The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced fraud charges against a Northern California pain management doctor that the Department of Industrial Relations alleges was the second-most-frequent lien filer in 2022.
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The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a worker with a cumulative trauma injury was entitled to a statutory three-times multiplier of his award based on his inability to do the…
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of payment to a provider, ruling that an insurance carrier could not refuse to pay for treatment unrelated to a worker’s compensable injuries…
A New York appellate court ordered the Workers’ Compensation Board to revisit a transit worker’s entitlement to benefits for post-traumatic stress following a confrontation with an emotionally disturbed person who…
A New York appellate court ruled that a widow could not pursue a tort claim against her husband’s employer, but it revived her claim against the employer’s corporate parent and ruled that future cross-claims…
A group of federal lawmakers from Iowa and Illinois are asking the Department of Labor to answer questions about how it plans to encourage more providers to treat injured workers.
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