The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Act expressly allows employers and workers’ compensation carriers to assert subrogation liens against benefits paid to
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The Utah Court of Appeals upheld an administrative decision concerning the compensability of a worker’s past and future expenses for medications.
Elizabeth Hoffman injured her
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A divided Ohio Supreme Court overturned a grant of writ relief to a worker seeking permanent total disability benefits based on her inability to remain
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The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board sitting en banc denied a petition to reconsider a decision it issued in June holding that so-called “vocational apportionment”
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A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of a family’s civil claim against an employer over a worker who died after he was struck by a
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an employer could subrogate against the balance of a worker’s third-party settlement by reducing future indemnity payments.
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A Texas appellate court ruled that a railway was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the negligence claims by the family of a worker who suffered
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A Missouri appellate court overturned a denial of permanent total disability benefits from the Second Injury Fund to an operator of heavy equipment with a host of
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The Utah Court of Appeals upheld an order for an employer to pay for an injection that a doctor recommended as part of a worker’s treatment.
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The Delaware Supreme Court reversed a judge’s determination that a treatment dispute was moot and reinstated an administrative finding that a worker’s use of narcotic
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