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The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Friday announced a new methodology for measuring physician services utilization that produces substantially different results than its traditional measurement based on the number of medical transactions per claim.
The WCIRB said in its report, "A New Measure of Medical Service Utilization: Physician Services and the Factors Driving Change," that under its new resource-based… Read more »
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the suspension of an injured volunteer firefighter’s benefits based on the availability of jobs within his vocational and physical capabilities.
Case: Waldman v. Limerick Fire Department (WCAB), No. 1706 C.D. 2024, 10/21/2026, unpublished.
Facts: Steven Waldman injured his back in 2020 while serving as a volunteer firefighter for… Read more »
The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s settlement of his claim deprived the Workers’ Compensation Commission of jurisdiction over a dispute as to the identity of his statutory employer.
Case: Bridges v. J.L. Rothrock Inc., No. COA26-175, 10/21/2026, unpublished.
Facts and procedural history: Bobby Bridges Jr.… Read more »News: NORTH
The Maryland Court of Appeals upheld a jury’s verdict finding that a former professional football player’s compensable leg injury caused him to develop a back injury.
Case: In the Matter of Adeboyejo, No. 1040, 10/21/2026, unpublished.
Facts: Quincy Adeboyejo signed with the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in May… Read more »
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for injuries from falling from a ladder.
Case: Evaristo v. GH 441 1st Fee LLC, No. 2024-13474, 10/21/2026, published.
Facts: Roberto Evaristo allegedly was injured during the demolition of a bathroom ceiling in an apartment… Read more »
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker allegedly injured by a falling piece of plywood was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim.
Case: Buitrago v. Cascade 553 LLC, No. 2025-05553, 10/21/2026, published.
Facts: David Buitrago allegedly was injured while working at a construction site when a piece… Read more »
The Workers' Compensation Board of Indiana announced that it will use the same formulas for the 2027 Second Injury Fund assessment as it used for the 2026 assessment.
The board said an assessment is necessary because the fund's balance before Nov. 1 was less than 135% of the previous year's payments, as required by state law.
As of Friday, the fund had paid… Read more »Workers’ compensation subrogation is one of the few areas of insurance recovery in which a carrier can have a perfectly valid statutory right to reimbursement and still walk away empty-handed.
In many states, the law imposes procedural requirements that can be just as important as the underlying right to recover. A missed deadline, an improperly perfected… Read more »
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