Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features NCCI’s release of its Countrywide Court Case Update, which provides a look at some of the key cases and decisions monitored by NCCI’s Legal Division that may impact workers’ compensation across the US.
Key case items examined in this edition included workers compensation exclusive remedy; challenges to state adoption of third-party guides; Marijuana developments; state vs. federal law for air ambulance reimbursement; as well as the inclusion of key COVID-19 court cases that could impact workers compensation – for instance the creation of rebuttable presumptions, how exclusive remedy applies to COVID-19 specifically, and testing results as prima facie medical evidence.
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