Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Expansion of Worker's Claim, TTD Award | 04/28/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the expansion of a worker’s claim to include additional conditions and an award of temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Require Certification of Stone Slab Manufacturing Clears Committee | 04/27/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California Assembly committee passed a bill that would create a mandatory certification process for companies engaged in fabrication activities involving manufactured stone. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Airport Firefighter Presumption Bill | 04/27/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California Senate committee passed a bill that would eliminate an "outdated" requirement that airport firefighters complete a state-mandated training program to be covered by workers' compensation presumptions. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds FELA Award Apportioning Fault to Worker, Denying Employer Offset | 04/27/2026 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a jury verdict awarding benefits to a railroad dispatcher for her ankle injury that was largely apportioned to her own fault, and that denied the employer an offset to the short-term disability it had paid. ...Read More | |||
| DWD Posts 'Plain Language' Summary of Reforms | 04/27/2026 | ||
| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development posted a "plain language" summary of provisions in a workers' compensation reform bill that Gov. Tony Evers enacted last month. Evers on March 30 enacted AB 651, a sweeping bill modifying about two dozen provisions in the sta...Read More | |||
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DWC 2026 Audit Plan to Focus on Topical Drug Prescriptions | 04/27/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation approved a 2026 Medical Quality Review Annual Audit Plan that will focus on the prescriptions for topical analgesics. ...Read More | |||
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Victim of Workplace Shooting Fails to Allege Viable Intentional Tort Claim | 04/27/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court outlined what a worker needs to allege to plead a viable employer intentional tort claim and ruled that the victim of a workplace shooting failed to satisfy the standard. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Ladder Gets Summary Judgment | 04/27/2026 | |
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| 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 injuries from a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Board Errs in Awarding Attorney Fees to Worker | 04/27/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that the Board of Review erred in awarding attorney fees to a worker after finding that a claims administrator had unreasonably declared an overpayment of benefits to her. ...Read More | |||
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Administration Explains SIBTF Reforms to Lawmakers | 04/24/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Second-injury fund reforms must apply to the backlog of about 30,000 unresolved claims to preserve the program and tackle skyrocketing costs, administration officials told California lawmakers Thursday. ...Read More | |||
