Workers' Compensation News
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WCIRB Files Recommended 10.4% Rate Hike | 05/01/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Thursday submitted its annual advisory pure premium rate filing to the California Department of Insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Court: L&I Can Recover $147K in Overpayments to Vocational School | 05/01/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Washington state appeals court has cleared the way for the Department of Labor and Industries to recover nearly $150,000 in overpayments from a vocational school with a job placement rate of 3.9%. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Appeal of Summary Dismissal Fails | 05/01/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims for his injuries from being hit by a rock while working in a trench. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim for Benefits | 05/01/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s challenge to the administrative denial of his claim for benefits. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Mason Prevails on Labor Law Claim; Defendants Get Conditional Judgment | 05/01/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a mason should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim and that the defendants were entitled to conditional summary judgment on their indemnification claim against his employer. ...Read More | |||
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Truck Driver Establishes Compensability of Neck Sprain | 05/01/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a truck driver’s neck sprain caused by being rear-ended by another tractor-trailer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects COVID-19 Death Benefits Over 'Unreliable' Expert Testimony | 04/30/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court affirmed a decision denying a family's bid for workers' compensation death benefits, ruling that it could not find error in a lower court's decision to exclude an expert's opinion as unreliable. ...Read More | |||
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State Officials Ask DOL to Drop 'Economic Realities' Test Proposal for Contractors | 04/30/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A group of 20 state officials submitted a comment urging the U.S. Department of Labor to withdraw its proposal to relax standards for independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Third-Party Defendant Doesn't Deserve Summary Judgment | 04/30/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a third-party defendant in a Labor Law action was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the indemnification and contribution claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Additional Treatment, Closure of Worker's Claim | 04/30/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a denial of additional treatment and the closure of a worker's claim. ...Read More | |||
