Workers' Compensation News
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DJ Hardhead Accused of Not Reporting Disc Jockey Work | 03/31/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The Louisiana Attorney General's Office announced that a man known as DJ Hardhead was charged with fraud for allegedly not reporting his work as a disc jockey while he collected workers' compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Disciplinary Board Bars, Censures Judge After Guilty Plea | 03/26/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former Orange County judge who pleaded guilty to paying a suspended provider to write medical-legal reports connected with second injury fund claims whi...Read More | |||
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DWC Updates Physician, Practitioner Section of Fee Schedule | 03/23/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation updated the physician and practitioner section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to incorporate Medicare's second-quarter changes. ...Read More | |||
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DA Launches Bus Campaign Targeting Work Comp Fraud | 03/16/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 4 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman launched an advertising campaign on county buses to warn the public that l...Read More | |||
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DWC Proposes ADA Accommodation Updates | 03/11/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation proposed draft regulations regarding disability accommodations that include a process to request blanket authorization for remote appearances before the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board. ...Read More | |||
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Defense Firm Disqualified From Representing PEO | 02/27/2026 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld a judge’s order disqualifying a defense firm from representing a professional employer organization in a workers’ compensation coverage dispute due to its brief prior representation of the employer. ...Read More | |||
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Defendants in Injured Worker's Tort Suit Can Designate Employer as Responsible 3rd Party | 02/27/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that the defendants in an injured worker’s negligence action should have been allowed to designate his employer as a responsible third party. ...Read More | |||
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District Court Judge Can't Enjoin ALJ's Subpoena in Contested Case | 02/26/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a district court judge could not enjoin an administrative law judge’s issuance of a discovery subpoena in a co...Read More | |||
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Denial of Benefits for Nurse's Parking Lot Fall Overturned | 02/23/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a denial of benefits for a nurse injured in a fall in her employer’s parking lot as she was returning from her lunch break. ...Read More | |||
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Doctor Can Proceed With Civil Suit Over Alleged Injuries From Fall | 02/06/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a doctor’s civil claims against a hospital and both of his employers for his injuries from a fall. ...Read More | |||
