Workers' Compensation News
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CDI to Hold Hearing on Rate Filing June 9 | 05/12/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The California Department of Insurance will hold a virtual hearing June 9 on a proposal to raise the advisory pure premium rate by 10.4%. I...Read More | |||
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Adult Child of Worker Who Died of COVID-19 Gets Death Benefits | 05/12/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of death benefits to the dependent adult child of a worker who died of COVID-19. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendants Get Partial Summary Dismissal of Worker's Claims | 05/12/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law claim were entitled to summary judgment dismissing part of the worker’s action. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Passes Experience Modification, Contractor Coverage Bills | 05/12/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The Colorado General Assembly unanimously voted to send the governor a bill that would create a process to update experience modification factors when actual payments on a closed claim are lower than the loss reserves reported by the carrier. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of PPD for Worker's Knee Injury | 05/12/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a denial of permanent partial disability benefits for a worker with a knee injury. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
