Month: September 2017

Sep 19, 2017

Oklahoma High Court Finesses Constitutional Issue as to Retaliatory Discharge Statute

In Young v. Station 27, Inc., 2017 OK 68, 2017 Okla. LEXIS 69 (Sept. 12, 2017), the Supreme Court of Oklahoma finessed the constitutionality of the state’s current retaliatory discharge...

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Sep 7, 2017

2017’s Top 10 Workers’ Compensation Cases

During September of each of the past five years, my colleague, Robin Kobayashi, and I have pulled together a volume entitled, Workers’ Compensation Emerging Issues Analysis. Annually published by LexisNexis®,...

2017’s Top 10 Workers’ Compensation Cases 2017’s Top 10 Workers’ Compensation Cases
Sep 1, 2017

Seventh Circuit Sustains Illinois Governor’s Action in Refusing to Reappoint Arbitrators

In a case that highlights some of the bitter infighting going on in Illinois regarding the state’s workers’ compensation system, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a decision of...

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Sep 1, 2017

Kansas Court Strikes Words “Accidentally” Introduced into Medical Fee Schedule

Saves Hospital $600,000 in Lost Reimbursement Stressing that a rule or regulation adopted by an administrative agency can only be given binding legal effect if the agency complies with the...

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