Delaware Work Comp News

The latest news about workers compensation in Delaware.
- The Delaware Superior Court overturned the denial of a worker’s request for additional benefits for her total knee replacement surgery, finding the Industrial Accident Board’s decision was not supported by…
- Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro on Wednesday announced that voluntary market loss costs will decrease by an average of 7.24%, effective Dec. 1. At the same time, the commissioner announced that…
- The Delaware Superior Court upheld a decision of the Industrial Accident Board finding that a worker was not entitled to a permanent impairment award for his injuries from being struck…
- The Delaware Compensation Rating Bureau said a recently enacted bill addressing rate-filing rules does not apply to work comp carriers. Gov. John Carney on Aug. 31 enacted HB 228, which requires…
- The Delaware Department of Insurance proposed rules that would revise the responsibilities of insurers with respect to on-site audits of their third-party administrators. Carriers are currently required to conduct semiannual reviews…
- The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Act expressly allows employers and workers’ compensation carriers to assert subrogation liens against benefits paid to employees under uninsured motorist policies. John…
- The Delaware Superior Court upheld a denial of benefits to a cancer-stricken police officer’s widow even though he had been granted a disability retirement pension for his disease. Case: Mullins v.
- The Delaware Supreme Court reversed a judge’s determination that a treatment dispute was moot and reinstated an administrative finding that a worker’s use of narcotic medication was inappropriate and unnecessary. Raymond…
- The Delaware Superior Court upheld a decision of the Industrial Accident Board to reject a proposed settlement of a worker’s claim that accounted for a shoulder injury but not her alleged neck…
- The Delaware Superior Court upheld an administrative ruling ordering a worker to reduce his use of opioid medication. Case: Hunsucker v. Scott Paper Co., No. K22A-11-001 RLG, 06/16/2023, published. Facts: Billy Hunsucker worked…
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