The Superior Court of Delaware has reversed an order of the Industrial Accident Board (IAB) that an injured former employee stop her doctor-prescribed morphine treatments within six months. The court blasted the IAB for “clearly” abusing its discretion with its …
Pharmacies and doctors who negligently prescribed pain medication can be sued for enabling people’s addictions, the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled. The ruling involved 29 people who were patients of Mingo County’s Mountain Medical Center. Most sought treatment for job-related …
A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) says the average price paid for physician-dispensed Vicodin — a commonly dispensed narcotic pain medication in Pennsylvania and Maryland — was approximately three times as high as the price paid …
