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PA Employer’s Right to Subrogation is “Absolute”

The Workcomp Writer

Workers’ Comp. Since the employer’s outlay for workers’ compensation benefits exceeded the $150,000 held in escrow, all the funds (after payment of litigation expenses) had to be paid over to the employer. According to Claimant, the employer’s accrued workers’ compensation lien in the amount of $327,861.85, represented 17.3

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SC Appellate Court Chides Commission for Summarily Dismissing Appeal

The Workcomp Writer

2001), the court noted that it had held that an ALJ acted arbitrarily by dismissing an appeal when a party’s lawyer did not appear for court due to a calendar mishap. When that happens, said the court, “the decision has left discretion’s range and wandered into the arbitrary. Opinion, p. Citing Mictronics, Inc. Dep’t of Rev. ,

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Medical Marijuana Within the Context of Workers’ Compensation Claims

The Workcomp Writer

It is, of course, one thing for a state to allow the use of marijuana in the treatment of injuries and diseases, but quite another to require employers and/or insurers to reimburse injured workers in connection with a workers’ compensation claim. Stat. . §§ 26-2B-1 to 26-2B-7, et seq.), Four have ruled that it cannot.