The California Senate passed bills that would require that some utilization reviewers be licensed in the state and would extend a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable to additional…
A Louisiana appellate court unanimously upheld an award of benefits to a worker for her injuries from shaking a cat toy but split on the question of when her benefits should…
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker was barred by res judicata from challenging the termination of his benefits years after the fact.
Case: Munoz v. Jermacans Style Inc.
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill giving cannabis users similar employment protections as those California lawmakers bestowed upon Golden State residents in 2022.
Sen. Karen Keiser
Inslee on May 9…
The Alabama Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the exclusive remedy provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act barred a temp agency’s employee from maintaining a civil suit against her borrowing employer…
Fiscal committees in the California Legislature recently signed off on workers’ compensation bills with a combined projected price tag of more than $10 million.
Appropriations committees in the Senate and Assembly…