Workers' Compensation News
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SIBTF, Treatment Leave Bills Go to Suspense File | 05/11/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly Appropriations Committee placed a hold on bills proposing to overhaul the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund and to allow injured workers to receive medical treatment during the workday. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Passes Debit Card Bill | 05/11/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The California Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would permanently allow employers to pay indemnity benefits with prepaid debit cards. The A...Read More | |||
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Immunity Shields County Risk Pool From Widow's Death Benefit Claim | 05/11/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appeals court shut down a widow's efforts to recover death benefits, finding that a county's risk management pool is a governmental entity shielded by sovereign immunity and that the attempt to challenge a denial through a declaratory judgment action was a jurisdictional dead end....Read More | |||
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Report: State to Get Nothing in Latest Pinnacol Proposal | 05/11/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Colorado lawmakers are exploring new ways to allow Pinnacol Assurance to sell insurance in other states without severing ties with its home state, according to a report by ...Read More | |||
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Independent Medical Examiner's Report Not Subject to Preclusion | 05/11/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that an independent medical examiner’s report did not need to be precluded from evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Casino Worker Gets Benefits and Penalties, but Fee Award Vacated | 05/11/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of benefits and penalties to a worker for her injuries from a fall she sustained as she was arriving for work, but it vacated her award of attorney fees. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Authorization for Occipital Nerve Stimulator | 05/11/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the authorization for an occipital nerve stimulator to treat a worker’s head injury. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI: Inpatient Hospitalization Rates Level Off; Spinal Surgeries Continue to Drop | 05/08/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Inpatient hospitalization rates stabilized in 2024 after nearly a decade of steady declines, while spinal surgeries resumed a long-term downward trend after a brief interruption during the pandemic, the California Workers' Compensation Institute said in a report published Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Firefighter Presumption Bill | 05/08/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would expand presumptive coverage for firefighters with cancer and make it harder for employers to rebut the presumption that the conditions arose from employment. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Petition for Benefits as Timely Filed | 05/08/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida appellate court reinstated a worker’s petition for benefits, finding it was timely filed within one year of his last receipt of authorized medical treatment. ...Read More | |||
