Workers' Compensation News
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Administration Explains SIBTF Reforms to Lawmakers | 04/24/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Second-injury fund reforms must apply to the backlog of about 30,000 unresolved claims to preserve the program and tackle skyrocketing costs, administration officials told California lawmakers Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Committees Pass Medical Treatment Leave, Staffing Agency Bills | 04/24/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A pair of California legislative committees passed bills that would require employers to allow workers to schedule treatment for industrial injuries during the workday, and require staffing agencies to provide proof of workers' compensation as part of a new registration process. ...Read More | |||
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Defendant Qualifies as Statutory Employer of Contractor's Injured Worker | 04/24/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the operator of a youth residential institution qualified as the statutory employer of a contractor’s injured employee. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment Not Warranted in Claim for Scaffold Accident | 04/24/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law action for his alleged injuries from a fall from a scaffold. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Award to Worker Injured While Transitioning Back to Office | 04/24/2026 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker’s injuries from a fall while packing employer-owned equipment into her car to return to in-person work were compensable. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Allegedly Reported Mental Injury Doesn't Assert Viable Retaliation Claim | 04/24/2026 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s alleged report of a mental health injury before his termination was not enough to constitute a viable claim for workers’ compensation retaliation. ...Read More | |||
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Report: 'Excessive Fraud' Persists Among Correctional Workers | 04/24/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| Widespread misconduct, fraud and abuse among New York state correctional workers "continues to plague the system," according to a 2025 annual report released by the Workers' Compensation Fraud Inspector General. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes SIBTF Bill Amid Competing Reform Proposal | 04/23/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Assembly Insurance Committee on Wednesday advanced a bill to overhaul the state's second-injury fund, opting to move a measure the governor has already vetoed as a counterweight to reforms the administration is pursuing through a budget trailer bill. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Create Process for Experience Modification Updates | 04/23/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Colorado lawmakers are proposing a process for employers and licensed insurance producers to update an experience modification factor when actual payments on a closed claim are lower than the loss reserves previously reported by the carrier. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Summary Dismissal of Construction Worker's Claim | 04/23/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims for his injuries from falling into a trench. Cas...Read More | |||
