Industry Insights
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Montgomery: San Fran City Official Stole $627k From Workers' Comp Division | 12/10/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| In the latest example of how indefensibly corrupt California’s workers’ compensation system has become, a former San Francisco city official pleaded guilty to embezzling $627,118 from municipal coffers by paying a fake company to “audit” workers’ ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Ring the Bells for Settlement Season | 12/08/2025 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Settlement season is here, and for many in the work comp game, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Does Comp Care About Workers? | 12/05/2025 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| I have my doubts. Joe Paduda De...Read More | |||
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Sandoval: Throwing Subrogation Under the Bus | 12/03/2025 | |
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| By: Katherine A. Sandoval | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| On Oct. 13, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 487 into law, and it takes effect Jan. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Johnson: Some Thoughts on Apportionment - And SIBTF | 11/20/2025 | |
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| By: Arthur L. Johnson | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In 1952 (over 73 years ago) the California Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund in the Patterson case (17 CCC 142). But not only did the court uphold SIBTF constitutionally, they therein set forth the basis of how SIBTF benefits would be paid.&...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: State's First Responders May File Comp Claims for Trauma | 11/14/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| As of Oct. 30, 2025, Pennsylvania first responders may file a workers’ compensation claim for post-traumatic stress injuries (PTSIs) that result from certain qualifying events. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Use This New Survey to Negotiate Better | 11/12/2025 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Swiss Re insurance company has released the results of its 2025 behavioral social inflation study. The behavioral science study disdains finger-pointing and war stories. It concludes that juror sentiment "has shifted decisively toward plaintiffs, and this shift is influencing verdic...Read More | |||
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Holden: Workers' Compensation Act Withstands Another Constitutional Attack | 11/11/2025 | |
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| By: Joshua G. Holden | |||
| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| On Nov. 7, 2025, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, in Carter-Shepherd v. Royal Furniture Co. and State of Alabama, affirmed a Jefferson County Circuit Court’s decision rejecting constitutional challenges to two provisions of the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act: ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Sherrill's Win Locks in Worker Protections | 11/10/2025 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| Under the Democratic leadership of Gov. Phil Murphy, New Jersey began a distinct, liberalizing shift in the application of its workers' compensation statute. Rather than a total systemic overhaul, the Murphy administration enacted targeted legislation that expanded coverage and lowered t...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Newsom Promises SIBTF Reforms in 2026 | 11/07/2025 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Gov. Gavin Newsom warned that he will push for changes to the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund in 2026, according to the governor’s veto message of a bill that would have changed how the fund operates. ...Read More | |||
