Workers' Compensation News
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WCIRB Recommends 10.4% Rate Increase | 04/17/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Governing Committee for the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Wednesday voted 8-0 to recommend that the California insurance commissioner increase the advisory pure premium rate by 10.4%, effective Sept. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Debit Card Bill | 04/17/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Assembly Insurance Committee unanimously passed a bill that would permanently allow employers and carriers to use prepaid debit cards to provide workers' compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Remands Case for Proper Traveling Employee Analysis | 04/17/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission performed the wrong legal analysis in awarding death benefits to the surviving heir of a woman who died in a car crash while delivering supplies for her employer. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Brewery's Liability to Worker Under 'Safe-Place Statute' | 04/17/2026 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a jury’s award for a worker with mesothelioma, including an award of punitive damages, against a brewery for violating the state’s "safe-place statute." ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Allow Stricter Cannabis Policies Heads to Governor | 04/17/2026 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oklahoma lawmakers are sending the governor a bill that would allow employers to implement more restrictive policies relating to their employees' use of medical cannabis. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Injured Worker Should Have Received Summary Judgment for Ladder Accident | 04/17/2026 | |
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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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Worker Paralyzed From Headfirst Fall Down Steps Gets TTD Award | 04/17/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker paralyzed after a headfirst fall down a set of steps. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Clarifies Duration of 'Year' of Employment for Black Lung Benefits | 04/17/2026 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a “year” of employment under the Black Lung Benefits Act occurs when a coal miner works 125 days or more in and around a coal mine during a one-year period. ...Read More | |||
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Work Comp Is Referee's Exclusive Remedy for Assault | 04/16/2026 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Court of Appeals refused to let a basketball referee sue his employer for a courtside assault during a recreational game, ruling that he failed to satisfy a narrow legal exception that requires an attack to be wholly unrelated to employment. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Makeshift Platform Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 04/16/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who fell from a makeshift platform was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
