Case File A firefighter’s heart-rhythm disorders qualified as “heart disease” under Florida’s heart-lung statute, the Florida First District Court of Appeal held. This entitled the firefighter to the statute’s presumption that the injuries arose out […]

Conference Insights Attorneys like to win, and when a case doesn't go their way, they want to fight for "the dub," but sometimes the best strategy -- and what's best for workers' comp -- is […]

September 2026 Three developments this month are worth tracking for every workers’ compensation pharmacy professional. Maryland’s first-ever workers’ comp pharmacy fee schedule is now overdue, and it replaces list prices with acquisition cost. The fight […]

Case File While a Kentucky worker had alcohol in his system at the time of an on-the-job accident, he wasn't barred from recovering workers' compensation benefits. Case Safe Zone v. Perry, No. 2026-SC-0141-WC (Ky. 09/24/26) […]

The Trained A-Eye A Florida attorney's filings in a divorce proceeding raised "red flags" of AI misuse, while other parts were "too unpolished" to have been machine generated. The court directed the attorney to show […]

Key Cases Under Florida Statutes Sec. 440.13(1)(k), "medically necessary" or "medical necessity" is defined as any medical service or medical supply which is used to identify or treat an illness or injury, is appropriate to […]

What Do You Think? Under what circumstances can a Montana insurance carrier order a second IME? Does it have to first convince a court that it has good cause for doing so? A recent case […]

Key Cases Under Florida law, Section 440.185(1) provides: An employee who suffers an injury arising out of and in the course of employment shall advise his or her employer of the injury within 30 days […]