Maine Employers Are Not Required to Reimburse Employees for Medical Marijuana Use June 19, 2018 By Elizabeth Blosfield The Maine Supreme Court has ruled that employers in the state are not required to reimburse employees for their use...
WCIRB: California Workers’ Comp Written Premium to be Down Again This Year June 15, 2018 By Don Jergler Lower workers’ compensation rates in California will bring down written premium once again this year, according to a forecast from...
Missouri Jury Orders Rams to Pay $12.5M for Reggie Bush Injury June 14, 2018 A jury in St. Louis on Tuesday ordered the NFL’s Rams to pay former running back Reggie Bush $12.5 million...
How Prices for Injured Workers’ Medical Professional Care Compare in 35 States: WCRI June 14, 2018 Prices paid for medical professional services vary significantly across states, ranging from 26 percent below the median in Florida to...
Acid Release at Louisiana Exxon Plant Sends 2 to Hospital June 13, 2018 A sulfuric acid release sent two contractors at an ExxonMobil chemical plant in Louisiana to the hospital. Louisiana Department of...
California State Fund Says It Reduced Opioid Prescriptions by 60% June 11, 2018 By Don Jergler California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund is reporting a significant reduction in the number of opioid prescriptions for injured workers through...
New York Surgeon Sentenced for Nearly $87K Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme June 8, 2018 A central New York orthopedic surgeon has been sentenced for running an ongoing scheme that defrauded the workers’ compensation system...
New York State Workers’ Compensation Board Proposes New Medical Fee Schedule June 8, 2018 The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has released a proposed increase in medical reimbursement to providers who treat workers’...
Tesla Seeks to Quell Doubts About Factory Workers’ Safety June 8, 2018 By Josh Eidelson and Dana Hull Tesla Inc. would need to release more information than Elon Musk gave shareholders to set the record straight on the...
Icahn Backs Revised AmTrust Deal But Investor Arca Balks June 7, 2018 By Aparajita Saxena U.S. insurer AmTrust Financial Services Inc. on Thursday agreed to be acquired by a group of investors for a sweetened...