Seven new rules took effect Tuesday on denial of death benefits, first reports of injury, reporting of income by workers, leave periods for attorneys and
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A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of death benefits for a worker who was fatally injured while using a riding mower but overturned the award
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The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to further medical benefits more than two years after the last payment
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The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation has adopted a plan to audit utilization review agents based in part on the number of lumbar fusion surgeries
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A Texas appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claim his on-the-job chemical exposure had led to the development of cancers.
Case: Chandra v.
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The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation will host an all-stakeholder meeting Tuesday to hear recommendations about what comp changes the Legislature should consider next year.
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A South Carolina personal injury and workers' compensation attorney has been suspended from practice after he was arrested in a gun-related incident.
Jason Taylor, of
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A Mississippi doctor was acquitted on seven of eight charges in what federal prosecutors alleged was an $18 million fraud scheme involving expensive pain creams,
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A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker who suffered a compensable knee injury from an on-the-job fall did not prove her entitlement to benefits
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The family of a grocery worker killed by COVID-19 has filed a negligence lawsuit alleging Publix supermarkets forbade the man from wearing a face covering
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