Workers' Compensation News
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Bill to Require Certification of Stone Slab Manufacturing Clears Committee | 04/27/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A California Assembly committee passed a bill that would create a mandatory certification process for companies engaged in fabrication activities involving manufactured stone. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Airport Firefighter Presumption Bill | 04/27/2026 | |
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| A California Senate committee passed a bill that would eliminate an "outdated" requirement that airport firefighters complete a state-mandated training program to be covered by workers' compensation presumptions. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds FELA Award Apportioning Fault to Worker, Denying Employer Offset | 04/27/2026 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a jury verdict awarding benefits to a railroad dispatcher for her ankle injury that was largely apportioned to her own fault, and that denied the employer an offset to the short-term disability it had paid. ...Read More | |||
| DWD Posts 'Plain Language' Summary of Reforms | 04/27/2026 | ||
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| The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development posted a "plain language" summary of provisions in a workers' compensation reform bill that Gov. Tony Evers enacted last month. Evers on March 30 enacted AB 651, a sweeping bill modifying about two dozen provisions in the sta...Read More | |||
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DWC 2026 Audit Plan to Focus on Topical Drug Prescriptions | 04/27/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation approved a 2026 Medical Quality Review Annual Audit Plan that will focus on the prescriptions for topical analgesics. ...Read More | |||
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Victim of Workplace Shooting Fails to Allege Viable Intentional Tort Claim | 04/27/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court outlined what a worker needs to allege to plead a viable employer intentional tort claim and ruled that the victim of a workplace shooting failed to satisfy the standard. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Ladder Gets Summary Judgment | 04/27/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Board Errs in Awarding Attorney Fees to Worker | 04/27/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that the Board of Review erred in awarding attorney fees to a worker after finding that a claims administrator had unreasonably declared an overpayment of benefits to her. ...Read More | |||
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Administration Explains SIBTF Reforms to Lawmakers | 04/24/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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 | |||
