In an unpublished opinion, the Court of Appeals of New Mexico affirmed a decision by a state workers’ compensation judge that denied an injured worker’s request for full reimbursement of...
NM Court Limits Cannabis Reimbursement to Amount Set in Fee Schedule NM Court Limits Cannabis Reimbursement to Amount Set in Fee ScheduleWhere a Wisconsin worker settled a contested workers’ compensation claim with his employer and its insurer by means of a compromise settlement agreement that called for the payment of $120,000 to the claimant, $30,000....
Bankruptcy Court Nixes WI Claimant’s Effort to Avoid Paying Med Providers Bankruptcy Court Nixes WI Claimant’s Effort to Avoid Paying Med ProvidersA federal district court, sitting in Wisconsin, has affirmed a decision by a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge that found $400,000 paid into the trust account of an injured worker’s attorney, and...
Federal Court: Settlement Agreement Created Express Trust Favoring Injured Worker’s Medical Providers Federal Court: Settlement Agreement Created Express Trust Favoring Injured Worker’s Medical ProvidersA Florida appellate court has affirmed a decision of a Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) holding that an injured firefighter was not entitled to reimbursement for additional surgical expenses related...
Florida Court Agrees Firefighter Not Entitled to Reimbursement for Back Surgery Florida Court Agrees Firefighter Not Entitled to Reimbursement for Back SurgeryA Mississippi appellate court affirmed a decision by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission that denied—without a hearing—an injured worker’s petition to settle and close out the medical portion of his...
MS Court Affirms Denial of Quadriplegic’s Settlement Agreement MS Court Affirms Denial of Quadriplegic’s Settlement AgreementA Colorado appellate court affirmed the imposition of a $750 penalty for each of eight instances in which a hospital sent invoices to a worker who had sustained work-related injuries...
Colorado Hospital’s Action in Billing Claimant for Medical Services Warranted Penalty, But Not as a “Continuing” Offense Colorado Hospital’s Action in Billing Claimant for Medical Services Warranted Penalty, But Not as a “Continuing” OffenseA deeply divided Supreme Court of Colorado (three justices dissenting), reversing in relevant part a decision of a split division of the Court of Appeals, held that a settlement between...
Colorado Comp Carrier’s Settlement With Third-Party Defendant Partially Undermines Employee’s Tort Claim Colorado Comp Carrier’s Settlement With Third-Party Defendant Partially Undermines Employee’s Tort ClaimBankruptcy Court Nixes WI Claimant’s Effort to Avoid Paying Med Providers Where a Wisconsin worker settled a contested workers’ compensation claim with his employer and its insurer by means of...
Opinion Mondays: Settlements in Contested Cases Can be Fraught With Equitable Challenges Opinion Mondays: Settlements in Contested Cases Can be Fraught With Equitable ChallengesThe D.C. Court of Appeals reversed a decision by the District's Compensation Review Board (CRB) that had held the District of Columbia's Adjudication and Hearings Department had no statutory authority...
Opinion Mondays: DC’s Hearings Division Has New Job—Choosing a Home Remodeling Contractor Opinion Mondays: DC’s Hearings Division Has New Job—Choosing a Home Remodeling ContractorA Michigan appellate court vacated a ruling by the Michigan Compensation Appellate Commission (MCAC) requiring an employer to reimburse an injured employee for massage therapy services where the services were...
Michigan Employee's Massage Therapy Was Not Compensable Michigan Employee's Massage Therapy Was Not Compensable