Workers' Compensation News
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Judge Doesn't Prove Compensable Knee Injury | 09/11/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a judge did not suffer a compensable knee injury while descending a flight of stairs. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Lacks Jurisdiction to Alter Fee Award to Worker | 09/10/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that the Division of Workers’ Compensation lacked jurisdiction to alter an attorney fee award and impose it against an insurance carrier instead of having the fees paid from an injured worker’s supplemental income benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Rob deViere Named VP, Head of Distribution & Marketing for ICW Group | 09/10/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| ICW Group Insurance Cos. appointed Rob deViere to vice president and head of distribution and marketing to manage the company’s distribution strategy, brand evolution and customer engagement across its property and casualty insurance products and chan...Read More | |||
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Silver State Adopts ODG Drug Formulary | 09/10/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations announced that it has adopted the Official Disability Guidelines Drug Formulary, joining 12 states that use the tool for managing workers' compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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Insurer Can Offset Injured Mail Carrier's Recovery of UIM Benefits | 09/10/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that in an action by an insured against an automobile insurance provider for underinsured motorist benefits, the carrier does not need to assert a request to reduce damages by the amount that the insured has recovered. ...Read More | |||
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Marine Transportation Provider Can't Get Indemnity for Worker's Accident | 09/10/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a marine transportation provider could not enforce the indemnity provision in a master service agreement between a staffing company and the owner of an offshore platform under Louisiana law. ...Read More | |||
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Independent Contractor Gets Benefits for Injuries From Trucking Accident | 09/10/2025 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld a finding that an independent contractor was entitled to benefits from a trucking company and a transportation broker for his injuries from a crash. ...Read More | |||
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Administrator Unreasonably Denies Worker's Claim | 09/10/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an administrator unreasonably denied a worker’s claim for injuries from a locker falling on her. ...Read More | |||
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Guilty Plea Triggers Suspension Despite Subsequent Dismissal | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California's law requiring the Division of Workers' Compensation to suspend providers convicted of certain crimes applies when charges are dismissed after a guilty plea, the 2nd District Court of Appeals ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Would Require EOR to Justify Contractual Discounts | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would have allowed California providers to use independent review to challenge contractual discounts applied to bills was amended to instead require payers to justify reductions in explanations of review. ...Read More | |||
