Workers' Compensation News
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High Court: 60-Day Recon Deadline Not Jurisdictional; Equitable Tolling Inappropriate | 08/25/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's practice of self-tolling the 60-day statutory deadline to rule on petitions for reconsideration. ...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Drops DA Death Investigation Pilot Project | 08/25/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| California lawmakers appear to have backed away from a proposed five-year pilot project in which district attorneys in Santa Clara and Alameda counties would have handled investigations of workplace accidents resulting in death. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Worker's Claim Was Time-Barred | 08/25/2026 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s cervical spine injury claim was time-barred. Case: Conrad v. Food Lio...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Aggravation Finding, Need for Surgery | 08/25/2026 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a compensable injury aggravated a worker’s preexisting ankle condition, which resulted in her need for surgery. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Civil Suit for Nurse's COVID Death | 08/25/2026 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of a civil suit against a hospital for the death of an immunocompromised emergency room nurse after she contracted COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Yale University Officer Charged With Fraud | 08/25/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A campus officer at the Yale University Police Department was arrested and charged with workers' compensation fraud, the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice announced. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Set to Publish 'Mayor' Decision | 08/24/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Supreme Court will answer whether the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board can apply equitable tolling to act on a petition for reconsideration beyond the 60 days allowed under the Labor Code in a decision set to be published at 10 a.m. Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Sacramento Bee Flags $30M in Revolving Fund Expenses | 08/24/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Sacramento Bee on Friday reported that the California Department of Industrial Relations has tapped into the revolving fund for projects and expenses that it could not connect to administering the state's workers' compensation system over the last six years. ...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Would Allow Naturopathic Doctors to Serve as PTPs | 08/24/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A recently amended bill would add naturopathic doctors to the list of providers who are allowed to serve as primary treating physicians in California's workers' compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Employer Waived Limitations Defense by Failing to Seek Relief | 08/24/2026 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Utah Supreme Court ruled that an employer waived a limitations defense by not seeking relief on it, and that an administrative law judge’s ruling on the issue did not preserve it for appeal. ...Read More | |||
