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What's Hot in Workers' Comp - 2024 to present
What's Hot in Workers' Comp, June 2025
Idiopathic Fall Standard, Without the Fall
There was a fall in this case, but the claimant’s injury—disk extrusion at L3-4—occurred before the fall, when he stood up from a seated position.
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First District Court of Appeal Enforces Statutory Provision Divesting Judges of Compensation Claims of Subject Matter Jurisdiction
In a per curium opinion from the First District Court of Appeal on May 7, 2025, the court addressed what at first glance appeared to be an arcane case about collective bargaining agreements.
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Appellate Division Affirms Dismissal of Wrongful Death Suit Against Hospital and Co-Employee in Fatal Parking Lot Accident
A wrongful death and survivorship action arising from a fatal accident in a hospital employee parking lot was dismissed after the New Jersey Appellate Division upheld a trial court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of the defendants.
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Commonwealth Court Affirms Denial of COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Claim by Police Officer: E-Time Payments Not Evidence of Employer Liability
The claimant contends that he contracted COVID-19 in the line of duty. Following his diagnosis, he was hospitalized, fell into a coma and later underwent extensive rehabilitation.
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Commonwealth Court Rejects Insurer’s Reimbursement Claim Against Pharmacy in Billing Dispute
A workers’ compensation insurer initiated a Billing Review Petition, claiming it had overpaid a pharmacy for medication previously deemed neither reasonable nor necessary in a 2015 Utilization Review Determination.
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Benjamin Durstein (Wilmington, DE):
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Two incidents. One injury. Recurrence Versus Aggravation
The Delaware Superior Court reviewed and affirmed a decision by the Industrial Accident Board concerning a claimant who sustained a compensable work-related back injury in 2015, commuted the claim in 2018 and in 2023, while working for a different
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Post-Accident Drug Testing and Consent: Evaluating Reasonable Suspicion Under Florida Workers’ Compensation Law
The claimant was injured in a workplace accident and subsequently hospitalized.
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Disputed Claims and Credibility Challenges: Workers’ Compensation Case Dismissed After Bifurcated Trial
The petitioner’s legal dispute arose from a series of workers’ compensation claims related to injuries sustained during her employment at separate employers.
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