There is much confusion over the two Independent Medical Reviews in the California workers’ compensation system: MPN-IMR and UR-IMR. Attorneys should beware of mixing apples and oranges when it comes to these two separate and distinct processes... Read More

A New Mexico trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to reinstate a 2006 Petition filed by the Uninsured Employers’ Fund (“UEF”) against an employer where the UEF’s Petition was initially dismissed, without prejudice... Read More

The Compensation Court correctly denied an injured worker’s request for waiting-time penalties and attorney fees where the employer mailed the second of two installments to the wrong address, but where the first check—also mailed to the incorrect... Read More

Today’s cautionary tale comes from my partner Natalie Wolf who sent me a copy of Andres Urdaneta v. Trader Joes , IAB# 1419092 (3/10/15)(ORDER) . The matter came to the Board on an opposed request for a continuance being advanced by the employer... Read More

The Supreme Court of Oklahoma, in a divided decision, held that an employee could maintain a bad-faith action against a workers’ compensation insurer alleging that following an award of compensation benefits by the state’s Workers’ Compensation... Read More

By Mark Popolizio, Esquire, V.P. of MSP Compliance, NuQuest BridgePointe In the case of Wilson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company , No. 3:10-CV-256-H, 2011 WL 2378190 [ 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 63430 ] (W.D. Ky., June 15, 2011), the... Read More

Here's the second batch of advanced postings for the September 2010 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases below to read the complete headnotes. Kent Anderson v. W.C.A.B., Smart & Final, PSI, Sedgwick CMS... Read More