US Supreme Court Declines to Review Minn. Ruling on Marijuana Use in Workers Comp June 22, 2022 By Jim Sams The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a pair of decisions by the Minnesota Supreme Court that held...
Claims Business: Insight Risk, ClaimBender and Latitude Subrogation June 13, 2022 By Claims Journal staff New MGA Peddling Water Loss Sensors A New York City-based managing general agent is bundling builders risk insurance policies with...
Milliman: Black-Lung Liabilities Top $9 Billion as Coal Industry Shrinks June 9, 2022 By William Rabb The U.S. coal industry may be shrinking rapidly as the country shifts to renewable energy, but insurers’ and self-insured companies’...
Iowa Supreme Reverses, Finds 911 Dispatcher’s PTSD Claim Compensable June 6, 2022 By Jim Sams The 911 dispatch center that employed Mandy Tripp denied her workers’ compensation claim for post-traumatic stress syndrome because fielding calls...
4 Workers Hurt when Boston Subway Trains Collide June 3, 2022 BOSTON (AP) — The Boston subway system continued to experience service disruptions on Thursday morning following a crash Wednesday night...
Okla. Supreme: Tort Reform Law Allows Lawsuit Against Employer June 2, 2022 By Jim Sams Jerry Harwood couldn’t collect workers’ compensation benefits after he was paralyzed when he was struck by a car while trying...
Utah Supreme: Appearance of Conflict Enough to Disqualify Medical Evaluator May 27, 2022 By Jim Sams Workers’ compensation claimants don’t have to prove that the physicians appointed to resolve medical disputes have an “actual bias” —...
Ohio Supreme Finds Ditch Diggers Misclassified as Independent Contractors May 26, 2022 By Jim Sams Ditch diggers who accepted work assignments online and used their own spades and shovels to do the work cannot be...
Sovereign Immunity No Defense in $3B Coal-Ash Lawsuit, 6th Circuit Rules May 20, 2022 Sovereign immunity does not protect a federal contractor against a lawsuit filed by some 60 former employees seeking $3 billion...
Study Links Chiropractic Care to Lower Costs, Faster Return to Work May 18, 2022 Chiropractors are involved in only a small fraction of workers’ compensation claims for low back pain in states where insurers...