| Court Case Update, Mississippi - September 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase-Update-Sept2021.aspx | Court Case Update, Mississippi - September 2021 | NCCI Insights | | September 13, 2021 | The Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission found that a claimant failed to present substantial evidence to establish a causal connection between the contraction of COVID-19 as work related. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Federal - August 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase-Update-Aug2021.aspx | Court Case Update, Federal - August 2021 | NCCI Insights | | August 10, 2021 | The federal Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the federal Airline Deregulation Act expressly preempts the Texas Workers Compensation Act regulating of price restrictions as applied to the reimbursement of air ambulance providers. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Maryland - August 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCaseUpdate-August2021-Maryland.aspx | Court Case Update, Maryland - August 2021 | NCCI Insights | | August 02, 2021 | The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland ruled, for the first time, that the offset in Maryland statute LE § 9-610(a)(1) applies to permanent total or permanent partial wc benefits for injuries related to the same employment. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Florida - June 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCaseUpdate-June2021-Florida.aspx | Court Case Update, Florida - June 2021 | NCCI Insights | | July 02, 2021 | A Florida appellate court ruled that medical marijuana is not reimbursable in workers compensation and a referral to a physician authorized to prescribe medical marijuana is not medically necessary. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Colorado and Arkansas - June 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCaseUpdate-June2021-Colorado-Arkansas.aspx | Court Case Update, Colorado and Arkansas - June 2021 | NCCI Insights | | June 23, 2021 | NCCI provides an update of workers compensation decisions in Colorado regarding apportionment and benefit caps, and reimbursement of marijuana in Arkansas. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Kansas - June 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCaseUpdate-June2021-Kansas.aspx | Court Case Update, Kansas - June 2021 | NCCI Insights | | June 11, 2021 | Kansas Workers Compensation Board recently found that a claimant’s contraction of COVID-19 from a treating WC medical provider was work related and compensable. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Idaho - May 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCaseUpdate-May2021-Idaho.aspx | Court Case Update, Idaho - May 2021 | NCCI Insights | | May 10, 2021 | The Idaho Supreme Court ruled, as a matter of first impression, that delivery services ancillary to a contract for sale of goods do not automatically create statutory employer relations in WC. | Article |
| Court Case Update Countrywide - April 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase-Update-Apr2021.aspx | Court Case Update Countrywide - April 2021 | NCCI Insights | | April 27, 2021 | NCCI’s Court Case Update provides a look at some of the cases and decisions monitored by NCCI’s Legal Team that may impact workers compensation across the states. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Montana and Missouri - April 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCaseUpdate-April2021-Montana-Missouri.aspx | Court Case Update, Montana and Missouri - April 2021 | NCCI Insights | | April 23, 2021 | NCCI provides an update of two court decisions in Missouri and Montana that may impact workers compensation in those states. | Article |
| Court Case Update, New Jersey - April 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCaseUpdate-April2021-NewJersey.aspx | Court Case Update, New Jersey - April 2021 | NCCI Insights | | April 14, 2021 | The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that an employer was required to reimburse a claimant’s medical marijuana use as workers compensation treatment. | Article |
| Court Case Update, New York - March 22, 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCaseUpdate-March222021-NewYork.aspx | Court Case Update, New York - March 22, 2021 | NCCI Insights | | March 22, 2021 | New York Workers’ Compensation Board recently found that a claimant failed to establish that his contraction of COVID-19 arose out of his employment. | Article |
| Court Case Update, New Hampshire and Arizona - March 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCaseUpdate-March2021-Arizona-NewHampshire.aspx | Court Case Update, New Hampshire and Arizona - March 2021 | NCCI Insights | | March 08, 2021 | NCCI provides an update of two supreme court cases in New Hampshire and Arizona that may impact workers compensation in those states. | Article |
| Court Case Update, New York - March 02, 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCaseUpdate-March2021-NewYork.aspx | Court Case Update, New York - March 02, 2021 | NCCI Insights | | March 02, 2021 | A New York appellate court ruled that a WC insurer was required to reimburse a claimant’s medical marijuana use as workers compensation treatment. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Idaho and Kentucky - February 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCaseUpdate-February2021-Idaho-Kentucky.aspx | Court Case Update, Idaho and Kentucky - February 2021 | NCCI Insights | | February 25, 2021 | NCCI provides an update of two supreme court cases in Idaho and Kentucky that may impact workers compensation in those states. | Article |
| Court Case Update - Countrywide 2020 Year-End Update | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase-EOY2020.aspx | Court Case Update - Countrywide 2020 Year-End Update | NCCI Insights | | January 28, 2021 | Provides a look at some of the cases and decisions monitored by NCCI’s Legal Team in 2020, which may impact and shape the future of workers compensation across the states. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Kansas - January 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCaseUpdate-January2021-Kansas.aspx | Court Case Update, Kansas - January 2021 | NCCI Insights | | January 14, 2021 | The Supreme Court of Kansas, in Johnson v. US Food Service, upheld the constitutionality of a workers compensation statute that requires the use of the 6th Edition of the AMA Guides to assign disability ratings. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Nevada and Texas - December 2020 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCaseUpdate-December2020-Nevada-Texas.aspx | Court Case Update, Nevada and Texas - December 2020 | NCCI Insights | | December 01, 2020 | NCCI provides an update of two court cases in Nevada and Texas that may impact workers compensation in those states. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Countrywide - November 2020 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase-Update-Nov2020.aspx | Court Case Update, Countrywide - November 2020 | NCCI Insights | | November 17, 2020 | A summary of cases and decisions monitored by NCCI’s Legal Team that may impact workers compensation (WC) across the states. This edition contains updated information on cases previously introduced and presents new cases and decisions. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Massachusetts - October 2020 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-CourtCaseOctober2020-Massachusetts.aspx | Court Case Update, Massachusetts - October 2020 | NCCI Insights | | October 29, 2020 | The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court found that a workers compensation insurer cannot be required to pay for a claimant’s medical marijuana expenses. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Illinois - September 2020 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-CourtCaseSeptember2020-Illinois.aspx | Court Case Update, Illinois - September 2020 | NCCI Insights | | September 30, 2020 | The Illinois Supreme Court held that the proper test for determining workers compensation compensability depends on whether the activity was incident to the employment or causally connected to the job duties. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Oklahoma - September 2020 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-Court-Case-Update-Oklahoma-September-2020.aspx | Court Case Update, Oklahoma - September 2020 | NCCI Insights | | September 25, 2020 | The Supreme Court of Oklahoma found that an Oklahoma workers compensation statute is unconstitutional to the extent that it denies recovery to the next of kin of a deceased employee with no dependents. | Article |
| Court Case Update, California - September 2020 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-CourtCaseSeptember2020-California.aspx | Court Case Update, California - September 2020 | NCCI Insights | | September 18, 2020 | A California federal District Court ruled that exclusive remedy barred certain claims by an employee in connection with the employer’s alleged failure to maintain a safe and healthy work environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Federal - August 2020 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-CourtCaseAugust2020-Federal.aspx | Court Case Update, Federal - August 2020 | NCCI Insights | | August 21, 2020 | The federal Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the constitutionality of a Washington workers compensation statute that creates a presumption of compensability for certain types of diseases contracted by federal contractors. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Texas - June 2020 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-CourtCaseJune2020-TX.aspx | Court Case Update, Texas - June 2020 | NCCI Insights | | June 30, 2020 | The Supreme Court of Texas held, in Texas Mutual Insurance Co. v. PHI Air Medical LLC, that the Texas Workers' Compensation Act “fair and reasonable reimbursement” standard was not preempted by the federal Airline Deregulation Act (ADA). | Article |
| Court Case Update, Georgia - June 2020 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-CourtCaseJune2020-GA.aspx | Court Case Update, Georgia - June 2020 | NCCI Insights | | June 24, 2020 | On June 16, 2020, the Supreme Court of Georgia held, in Frett v. State Farm Employee Workers' Compensation, that injuries suffered by an employee as a result of a slip and fall during a scheduled lunch break were compensable. | Article |
