Utilization Rates as Primary Drivers of Workers' Compensation Prescription Drug Costs: NCCI Study Analyzes Medical Benefits Expenses, by John Stahl, Esq. Knowing that high prescription drug costs are a large component of the current challenges related to curbing workers' compensation expenses is of limited value. Finding feasible methods to reduce the overall cost of providing workers' compensation benefits requires fully understanding why those costs are at their current levels. A September 2013 Research Brief from the National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc. (NCCI) provides insights regarding prescription drugs costs in workers' compensation systems...read more.

OK: Check Cashing Clerk Establishes PTSD Claim After Two Robberies. Along with a number of other states, Oklahoma generally bars recovery of workers' comp benefits associated with mental injuries that are "unaccompanied" by physical injury...read more.

DE: Last-Minute Production of Job Search "List" Properly Excluded by Board. The Supreme Court of Delaware recently held that it was not error to exclude a worker's testimony that she had searched...read more.

UT: Comp Claim Need Not Be Filed Before Termination to Support Retaliatory Discharge Action. An appellate court in Utah recently reversed a trial court's decision that had granted summary judgment...read more.

AL: Accident Report Held Privileged Under "Work Product" Rule. In a split decision, the Supreme Court of Alabama recently held that a post-accident investigation report, prepared by a safety director...read more.