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Flimp Launches New Brand, Website and Benefits Comms Solutions

Flimp Communications

About Flimp Flimp is a premier provider of employee benefits communications, educational content, texting and decision-support tools for employers, consultants, enrollers, and insurance carriers.

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Premature Satisfaction of a Third-Party Lien

Workers' Compensation

NJ Transit’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier notified Joseph of its legal right to recover all money paid on his workers’ compensation claim from the third-party potentially liable for his injuries. Joseph settled with his uninsured motorist (UM) insurance carrier for $14,000 in the underlying action.

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Colorado: Injured Employee May Proceed Against Employer’s UM/UIM Carrier

The Workcomp Writer

District Court for the District of Colorado, the Supreme Court of Colorado held that an employee who receives workers’ compensation benefits for injuries caused by an underinsured third-party tortfeasor is not barred from pursuing further recovery from his or her employer’s UM/UIM insurer [ Klabon v. 2024 CO 66, 2024 Colo.

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Not A Violation of Public Policy

Workers' Compensation

In addressing the public policy argument, the Court interpreted the insurance policy's language by the insurance carrier, who asserted that it had no duty to defend under the employer's liability insurance policy with Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company. 2024) Decided December 22, 2024.

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NH Case Remanded: Was MRSA Infection “Direct and Natural Result” of Work-Related Injury?

The Workcomp Writer

In a well-written opinion with careful analysis, the Supreme Court of New Hampshire reversed and remanded a decision by the state’s Compensation Appeals Board (CAB) that denied benefits to a teacher who sustained a serious MRSA epidural abscess following a work-related camping trip [ Appeal of Southworth , 2024 N.H. LEXIS 9 (Jan.

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Vermont Supreme Court Clarifies Jurisdictional Requirements for Workers' Compensation Claims

The Workcomp Writer

Home Improvement Company of Vermont , 2024 VT 41, 2024 Vt. LEXIS 42 (July 19, 2024)]. Burnett sought workers’ compensation benefits with the employer’s Vermont insurance carrier, which denied the claim citing a lack of jurisdiction. Burnett appealed to the Vermont Department of Labor.

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PA Appellate Court Nixes Use of “Red Book” in Setting Reimbursement for Drug Costs in Comp Cases

The Workcomp Writer

Hearing Off.*), 2024 Pa. The appellate court agreed with the petitioning workers’ compensation insurance carrier that that the Red Book values did not reflect AWP as required by the Act. Summit Pharm. Bureau of Workers’ Comp. LEXIS 1 (Jan.