Showing posts with label opioids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label opioids. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 13, 2021

NJ Supreme Holds Employers Responsible for Workers' Compensation Medical Marijuana Costs

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The NJ Supreme has recognized that the workers’ compensation system has a legislative mandate to provide the safest medical care to cure and...
Monday, June 29, 2020

Injured Workers Pharmacy Enters into $11 Million Opioid Settlement for Illegal Dispensing and Sales

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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced a $11 million settlement with an Andover mail-order pharmacy resolving allegations tha...
Thursday, December 19, 2019

Judicial discretion

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Just APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION 12/13/2019 a NJ Appellate case defining expectations and focussing on: judicial discretion, medical treatment...
Thursday, March 28, 2019

The Oklahoma Opioid Settlement: A Promising Impact on Workers’ Compensation

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The first major settlement in the nation’s massive litigation effort against the manufacturers of opioids may present an outline of how the...
Thursday, June 14, 2018

Massachusetts Sues Purdue Pharma for Illegally Marketing Opioids and Profiting From Opioid Epidemic

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More than 670 Massachusetts Residents Prescribed Purdue Opioids Died from Opioid-Related Overdoses since 2009; Purdue Sales Reps Made 150,0...
Thursday, March 22, 2018

Opioid Epidemic: Walgreens to Pay $5.5 Million Over Alleged Overcharges for Prescription Drugs

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Walgreens Overcharged for Drugs Covered by State Workers’ Compensation System. A Settlement was entered into with Massachusetts Attorney Ge...
Monday, July 3, 2017

Opioid Litigation and Workers' Compensation

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The newly initiated litigation by public entities against Big Pharma may prove to be a huge boost to the workers' compensation system....
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

New CDC Report on Opiods

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Today's guest post is by The Hon. David Langham who is the Deputy Chief Judge of Compensation Claims for the Florida Office of Judges of...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Doctors, Patients and Opioid Abuse

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Getting to the real reasons why doctors prescribe opioids to opioid abusers is an apparent challenge to the essence of the nation's work...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

Whose to Blame for Opioid Abuse in Workers' Compensation Claims?

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(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) A recent Texas case  holding an employer liable holding an employed liable for a fatal opioid overdose ari...