Workers' Compensation News
|
WCIRB Sets Up Fraud Webinar | 09/25/2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has scheduled an in-depth web discussion on workers' compensation fraud, set for Oct. 21. Fo...Read More | |||
|
Firefighter's Arrhythmia-Based Condition Qualifies as Heart Disease | 09/25/2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court upheld a finding that a firefighter’s arrhythmia-based heart condition qualified as heart disease that presumptively was caused by her employment. ...Read More | |||
|
Supreme Court Grants Employer Partial Writ Relief | 09/25/2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Louisiana Supreme Court upheld a determination that a casino employee was entitled to benefits for her injuries from a fall she sustained as she was arriving for work, but overturned her award of fees and penalties. ...Read More | |||
|
Court Upholds Default Judgment Against Employer | 09/25/2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld default judgment against an employer for failing to pay its workers’ compensation insurance premiums. ...Read More | |||
|
RMS Publishes 13th Annual Workers' Compensation Benchmarking Study | 09/25/2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Rising Medical Solutions released its 13th annual Workers' Compensation Benchmarking Study Report on Thursday, revealing execution patterns that separate high-performing claims organizations. ...Read More | |||
|
WCS Schedules Training Sessions for October | 09/25/2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section has scheduled fourth-quarter training sessions in October. All times are Pa...Read More | |||
|
Worker Can't Pursue Damages for Injuries as Part of Discrimination Claim | 09/24/2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division overturned a judge’s order allowing an injured worker to pursue damages from his employer for a work-related injury as part of his claim that his employer discriminated against him because of the injury and his pursuit of workers&rsqu...Read More | |||
|
Court Says Worker Not Entitled to PTD Benefits | 09/24/2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that an injured worker was not entitled to permanent total disability benefits. Case: M...Read More | |||
|
Supreme Court Upholds Award of Fees to Worker | 09/24/2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of attorney fees to a worker, finding that an administrator’s failure to include a back strain as a compensable component of the claim was unreasonable. ...Read More | |||
|
Worker Who Fell From Ladder Gets Summary Judgment | 09/24/2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 alleged injuries from a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
