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The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court denied a worker’s request to have his permanent total disability benefits converted to a lump sum.
Derek Trogden is a 40-year-old married father of four. His two eldest children are adults who do not live with him and his wife.
The two youngest children have jobs at a manufacturing plant where they are supervised by Trogden’s brother. Neither contributes any earnings toward the family’s living… Read more »
A federal appellate court denied an employer’s petition for review of black lung benefits to a worker with totally disabling legal pneumoconiosis.
Case: Cedar Coal Co. v. OWCP, No. 24-1063, 03/06/2026, published.
Facts and procedural history: Roger Mullins filed a claim under the Black Lung Benefits Act in 2012, alleging that he was totally… Read more »
A divided Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the mother of a worker killed in an underground water vault sufficiently and plausibly pleaded intentional conduct by the employer such that exclusivity did not bar her civil action.
Case: Heiden v. Village of Westmont, No. 3-25-0071, 03/05/2026, published.
Facts: Matthew Heiden worked for the Village of… Read more »News: NORTH
A New York appellate court ruled that the construction manager for a project was entitled to partial summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s negligence and Labor Law claims against it.
Case: Veloso v. Scaturro Brothers Inc., No. 153222/17, 595235/19, 03/10/2026, published.
Facts: Alexandre Veloso allegedly suffered injuries while… Read more »
A Colorado grand jury indicted an insurance broker for allegedly diverting more than $100,000 in insurance premiums intended for nine insurance companies, including the state-chartered workers' compensation carrier.
The grand jury indictment handed down Friday alleges that Jorge Gonzalez-Hermosillo, who is also known as George Gonzalez and owns… Read more »The California Division of Workers' Compensation posted an order updating the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule drug list.
The division said the order adopts updates to the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine's practice guidelines based on the revised Traumatic Brain Injury guideline.
The MTUS list identifies… Read more »
Medical provider networks in workers' compensation are associated with significantly lower claim costs, faster access to care and shorter disability durations, according to a report released Tuesday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
The study found that claims treated within networks had… Read more »
Claims administration and risk management provider North American Risk Services Inc. appointed Alice Wells as head of workers’ compensation.
Wells will lead the strategic direction and operational performance of the company’s workers’ compensation division, directing a team of managers and claims professionals… Read more »
Allostatic load may sound like an abstract medical concept, but at its most basic, it describes something every applicants’ attorney has seen play out many times over.
For decades, researchers have studied how the body responds to stress through a system… Read more »
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