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The Latest Data on Opioids in Work Comp

18 Jul, 2019 WorkersCompensation.com

We’ve just about completed the 16th (!!) Survey of Prescription Drug Management in Workers’ Comp, and there are two key findings you need to know. First – total opioid spend in 2018 dropped 23.2% across all […]

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    Workers’ Comp 101 Round-Up

    Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) — You might have noticed in our legal- and compliance-oriented stories, we like to give you a little bit of nuts-and-bolts info that we call Workers’ Comp 101. To help you keep […]
    How the Court Ruled

    If you chose B you sided with the court in Larson. v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, No. 4-22-0522WC (Ill. Ct. App. 05/22/23), which affirmed the Commission’s determination that there was no employment contract, express or implied, […]
    How the Court Ruled

    If you chose A, you sided with the court in Serrata v. Suffolk County Police Department, No. 534726 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. App. Div. 05/18/23), which held that the special errand exception applied to the claim. The […]

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    If you chose B you sided with the court in Larson. v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, No. 4-22-0522WC (Ill. Ct. App. 05/22/23), which affirmed the Commission’s determination that there was no employment contract, express or implied, […]
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    If you chose A, you sided with the court in Dimeo v. Trinity Health Corp., No. 535739 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. App. Div. 05/18/23), which held that the therapist’s heart attack, while it may have been triggered […]
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