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The Industrial Commission proposed an updated fee schedule for medical and pharmacy to incorporate changes from the American Medical Association's 2009 edition of the CPT-4 and review the values of new and selected codes from surgery, radiology and special services.

An employer's act of occasionally assisting in arranging who drives to a work site is insufficient to place an employee's travel to and from work within the course of employment.

The Workers' Compensation Board has begun assessing procedural penalties to any parties or regulated entities who fail to comply with the state's workers' compensation statutory or regulatory provisions.

Where there is a factual question as to whether the lack of safety guards caused injury to the contractor's employee, the workers' compensation carrier for the contractor may pursue a claim for subrogation against the airline.

Waiver language that is too narrow may leave the employer exposed to liability on issues it thought it had resolved.

If the employee is not performing employment services at the time of the injury, the injury may not be compensable.

The presumption that an employee's injury was caused by his intoxication does not arise when he is not offered a drug test.

A worker who was medically released for two weeks does not commit bad faith by failing to perform light duty when he was unaware that his physician issued an updated release directly to the employer.

Legislation intended to simplify the predetermination application process for construction subcontractors, L.D. 1815, "An Act To Clarify the Construction Subcontractor Status of the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992" is now in effect.

Workers' compensation hearing examiners are allowed considerable discretion in weighing and deciding the credibility of witnesses.

To prove that the employer was given notice of an injury, the claimant must show that the employer knew or was informed of the injury and that it was work-related.

The Department of Labor and Industries has added language to the Window Cleaning Safety, Section 5.7.12.

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled the state law that imposes a "deliberate intent to cause injury" standard in an intentional tort action did not violate the Ohio Constitution.

The Georgia Workers' Compensation Act does not prohibit an injured worker's spouse or other family members from providing attendant care services as long as the services are medically prescribed and are reasonably required.

The Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act took effect Jan. 1, 2009. Claims involving adverse employment actions that can be linked to an employee's actual or perceived disability will be assessed under the broader interpretation of the definition of disability.

An employee's allegations that his employer made fraudulent misrepresentations concerning his workers' compensation claim do not arise out of and in the course of his employment, as the relief he seeks cannot be compensated by the Workers' Compensation Act.