However, before a workers' compensation claim petition can be finalized, the existence of several liens must be identified and addressed. These liens include Medicare, Medicaid, child support ...

Doctors who treat injured workers cannot bill patients directly, but must file court liens against the patients’ workers’ compensation benefits. Labor Code Section 4615 automatically stays all liens ...

The Appellate Division in a published decision Wednesday affirmed a ruling that injured plaintiff Paolo Marano was not exempt from attachment of a $34,000 lien to the $250,000 he received under a ...

The Louisiana Workforce Commission is holding its annual conference on workers' compensation issues for employers, human resources professionals, insurance industry workers and others in January ...

The National Comp Conference, also known as the National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference and Expo, will be held October 19-21 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. More information and ...

In doing so, the trial court held that: "a workers' compensation insurance carrier does not owe a duty of good faith and fair dealing to reduce its lien against a claimant's settlement proceeds to ...