Workers' Compensation News
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Death Benefit Expansion, Farmworker Presumption Head to Governor | 09/15/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| California lawmakers voted to send Gov. Gavin Newsom bills expanding workers’ compensation coverage for farmworkers with heat injuries and dependents of fallen first responders. ...Read More | |||
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2nd DCA Publishes Decision Allowing Maintenance Worker to Sue Employer in Tort | 09/15/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| A California appeals court last week ordered publication of its decision from earlier this month, finding that a maintenance worker injured while boarding a vessel at a yacht club can pursue tort claims against his employer. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Finds DOT Immune From Civil Liability for School Employee's Fatal Injuries | 09/15/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Mississippi Supreme Court determined that the state Department of Transportation was entitled to immunity from civil liability for the death of an employee of another government entity who had received workers’ compensation benefits for his fatal injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Mental Injury Legislation Continues to Trend | 09/15/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| States continued to consider proposals to expand the acceptance of mental injuries in workers' compensation this year, according to a report by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Finding That Carrier Didn't Have to Pay CMS Lien | 09/15/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a decision by the Board of Review that found an insurance carrier did not have to pay a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services lien. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Can Hold UEGF Secondarily Liable for Claim Pending Worker's Presentation of Evidence | 09/15/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an injured worker does not need to submit evidence that he is not entitled to workers’ compensation in the employer's state for an order holding the Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund secondarily liable for benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Travel Reimbursement Rate Increases Jan. 1 | 09/15/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The reimbursement rate for injured workers who travel to medical appointments is increasing to 70 cents per mile from 67 cents per mile, effective Jan. 1, the Oregon Workers' Compensation Division announced. ...Read More | |||
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Kessler, Roxborough Reappointed to CHSWC | 09/12/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Shelley Kessler and Nicholas Roxborough were reappointed to four-year terms on the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Bills to Modify SIBTF, Heart Trouble Presumption Head to Governor | 09/12/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly voted to send the governor bills that would modify eligibility requirements for second-injury fund claims and give workers at state hospitals a presumption that heart trouble arose from employment. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Upholds Dismissal of Injured Worker's Discrimination Claims | 09/12/2025 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured worker’s disability discrimination claims. Jay Pemberto...Read More | |||
