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Florida Approves 8.4% Rate Decrease
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation approved the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s (NCCI) proposed rate decrease of 8.4%.
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New Jersey Supreme Court finds insurance broker has duty to provide notice to LLC members of workers’ compensation coverage options.
The New Jersey Supreme Court held that an insurance broker has a non-waivable duty to an LLC to provide notice that workers’ compensation coverage is available to members of the LLC who can actively perform services on behalf of the LLC but only i
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An Application for Fee Review is not premature on the basis that the treatment for an accepted work injury is not causally related where a Utilization Review Request has not been filed.
The claimant sustained a low back work injury in October of 2019, which was accepted by a medical-only Notice of Compensation Payable (NCP). Thereafter, the claimant was prescribed compound cream.
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Industrial Accident Board determines that a general contractor on a construction site is responsible for claimant’s workers’ compensation benefits as both his employer and by operation of Section 2311.
The claimant alleged he was injured while doing demolition work on January 7, 2022. He initially filed a petition against Alliance Environmental Systems (Alliance), but Alliance denied that it was Mr.
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District court finds that the “specialty” for the one time change of physician must be one that furthers the employer’s duty to deliver a continuum of care, facilitating the employee’s return to gainful employment.
The injured worker sustained a serious injury to her finger. She came under the care of Dr. Cortez, a board-certified general and plastic surgeon with an added certificate for hand surgery via the emergency room.
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Three times is the charm. The Appellate Court again addresses the abuse of workers’ compensation judges’ discretion in awarding fees, costs and penalties.
Typically, not many workers’ compensation Superior Court or Supreme Court decisions come down each month. On average, there is one case each month that New Jersey practitioners need to read.
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An employer cannot take a credit for an overpayment of workers’ compensation benefits paid for one work injury against an award of benefits for a subsequent work injury.
In this case, the claimant sustained a work injury in the nature of a broken right ankle in 2011.
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An insurer’s denial of payment for a medical bill on the basis that the treatment at issue is not related to the work injury does not require the dismissal of a Fee Review application as premature.
The claimant sustained various work-related injuries in 2004. The employer and its carrier (SWIF) accepted the injuries by issuing a Notice of Compensation Payable and, subsequently, an amended Notice of Compensation Payable in 2007.
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