Workers' Compensation News
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2nd DCA: No Exception to Statutory Requirement That Medical Professionals Determine Necessity | 11/12/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| There is no exception to the requirement that medical professionals determine medical necessity that allows the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board or any other court to decide the necessity of ongoing or continual treatments, a California appeals court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Company to Pay $125,194 for Exposing Workers to Pesticides | 11/12/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| A Northern California company was ordered to pay almost $1,300 for each of the 93 laborers a supervisor ordered to work in a lettuce field freshly sprayed with pesticides, the Monterey County District Attorney's Office announced. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Bars Staffing Company Employee From Suing Employer's Client | 11/12/2025 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a staffing company employee could not proceed with a civil suit against his borrowing employer and its employee. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Appellate Court Denies Employer's Challenge to Black Lung Award | 11/12/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| A federal appellate court denied an employer’s petition for review of black lung benefits awarded to a longtime coal miner. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding of Compensable Neck Injury | 11/12/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker’s neck injury was compensable. Case: E.G. Middleton Inc...Read More | |||
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Worker Applies for Jobs but Doesn't Demonstrate Attachment to Labor Market | 11/12/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who applied for a host of jobs for which he was not qualified failed to demonstrate an attachment to the labor market. ...Read More | |||
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ICT: Comp Market Stable, Faces New Legislative and Compliance Shifts | 11/12/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Employers, workers and insurers in the Lone Star state continue to benefit from reforms enacted two decades ago, the Insurance Council of Texas said in a new report. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Revives Comp Carrier's Subrogation Claim Against Worker's UIM Recovery | 11/11/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Supreme Court revived a subrogation claim by a workers’ compensation carrier against the payments an injured worker received from her employer’s underinsured motorist carrier. ...Read More | |||
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SORM Names Sara Hays Executive Director | 11/11/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The Texas State Office of Risk Management announced that Sara Hays was appointed executive director. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers to Review Agreed-Upon Bill | 11/11/2025 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Wisconsin lawmakers are scheduled to hear testimony today on an agreed-upon workers' compensation bill that includes a provision to increase benefits. ...Read More | |||
