Workers' Compensation News
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AI Sessions on Agenda for DWC Educational Conference | 12/23/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The growing role of artificial intelligence in workers' compensation will be highlighted at the California Division of Workers' Compensation's 33rd annual educational conference, with three sessions focused on how the technology is being used. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Affirms Attorney Fee Awards on Remand | 12/23/2025 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled that injured workers who challenged the constitutionality of a cap on attorney fees are not entitled to additional compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Postal Worker Indicted for Allegedly Not Disclosing Divorce | 12/23/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A U.S. Postal Service worker was indicted for allegedly failing to disclose a divorce, thereby collecting augmented workers' compensation benefits to which she was not entitled, according to federal prosecutors in Illinois. ...Read More | |||
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Discount Rate Declining in First Quarter of 2026 | 12/23/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation is reducing the discount rate used to calculate the present value of future weekly payments for lump-sum settlements. ...Read More | |||
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Paralysis Fraud Case Leads to 31-Month Sentence, $537,071 Restitution Order | 12/23/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| An Ohio man who claimed he was paralyzed after a workplace electric shock pleaded guilty to theft of government property and wire fraud, and he was sentenced to 31 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $537,071 in restitution, the Bureau of Workers' Compensation announced. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Dismissal of LHWCA Claim | 12/23/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a longshoreman’s claims for his injuries from a fall from a ladder leading to a ship’s cargo hold. ...Read More | |||
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Nicholas Roxborough Elected CHSWC Chairman | 12/22/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation elected Nicholas Roxborough to serve as chairman in 2026. ...Read More | |||
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Jury Acquits Neurosurgeon on Conspiracy Charge | 12/22/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A jury acquitted a Southern California neurosurgeon charged with conspiracy to commit workers' compensation fraud, according to a report by MyNewsLA.com and informati...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court: Cadets Covered by Immunity Waiver for Retaliation | 12/22/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court, in a case of first impression, held that a Houston Police Academy cadet is covered by the waiver of governmental immunity that allows first responders to sue their employers for workers' compensation retaliation. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Medical Clinic's Comp Coverage Obligation | 12/22/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a medical clinic was subject to the workers’ compensation law because it regularly employed more than five people and that an employee was entitled to benefits for her injuries from assisting a falling patient. ...Read More | |||
