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In Wyoming, when a worker enters into a settlement agreement with the Safety and Compensation Division wherein the division agrees to pay for all reasonable and necessary medical treatment, and the division pre-authorizes treatment, the division has the burden of proving medical treatment is not reasonable and necessary.

In Louisiana, an inmate living in a halfway house is not entitled to workers' compensation benefits for an injury that occurred while in a work-release program.

The Division of Workers' Compensation has proposed revisions to the form for insurance carriers requesting an injured worker to attend a required medical examination to be performed by a doctor of the insurance carrier's choice.

The Industrial Commission is considering changes to the physicians' and pharmaceutical fee schedule.

In New York, the waiver of defenses resulting from the employer's failure to timely file a prehearing conference statement does not create a presumption relieving a worker of his obligation to demonstrate a compensable injury.

If a Wisconsin employer chose to terminate a worker who suffered a workplace injury, rather than a worker who was still in training, and the employer later sought to hire a new worker but did not rehire the injured worker, the evidence shows the employer wrongfully terminated the injured worker.

In Indiana, an injured worker cannot receive disability benefits without clear evidence finding the work injury was the cause of her pain.

In Kentucky, when medical experts do not agree that surgery will result in a substantial improvement for an injured worker, the worker's refusal to undergo surgery is not unreasonable.

The Industrial Commission proposed amendments to a rule regarding fee controversies.

In Iowa, a lack of expert testimony establishing a causal connection between an injury and claimed permanent impairment will prevent an award of permanent disability benefits.

In Texas, if an employee is injured while traveling to work in an employer-issued vehicle, the travel does not fall within the coming and going rule.

The Bureau of Workers' Compensation proposed a rule to ensure that injured workers can be reimbursed for out-of-pocket co-payments they made for medical services or supplies prior to the allowance of the claim or condition being treated.

The Workers' Compensation Board is considering changes to regulations governing appeals of discovery orders, hearing continuances and cancellations, frivolous controversions, unlawful change of physician and the definition of a month, and reemployment benefits.

In Wyoming, a permanent total disability award may be reduced by a worker's previous impairment award.

In Michigan, the commission cannot overturn a magistrate's determination because the employer presented a set of facts different from those the magistrate found persuasive.

In Tennessee, a worker's injuries will not be covered by workers' compensation if his intoxication was a cause of his injuries.