Workers' Compensation News
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Bill to Make Debit Card Option Permanent Heads to Governor | 06/29/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The California Senate unanimously voted to send the governor a bill that would make the option to pay indemnity benefits with prepaid debit cards permanent. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Vacates Writ Directing Commission to Consider Adult's Status as Dependent | 06/29/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court vacated a decision by an appellate court directing the Industrial Commission to consider whether a worker’s adult daughter was entitled to death benefits as a dependent. ...Read More | |||
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Paraplegic Worker Can't Hold Vendor Liable for Warehouse Accident | 06/29/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court ruled that a worker’s catastrophic injuries were not a reasonably foreseeable consequence of a vendor’s presumed failure to secure its products to a pallet. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Claims for Slip-and-Fall Accident Summarily Dismissed | 06/29/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s claims for her alleged slip-and-fall accident. Case: Agu...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendants Can't Prove Status as Alter Egos of Employer | 06/29/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim, as the defendants were not alter egos of his employer. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Create Cancer Screening Program for Firefighters | 06/29/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| Pennsylvania lawmakers are proposing a special fund to cover annual cancer screenings not paid for by firefighters' health insurance policies. ...Read More | |||
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Man Sentenced for Fraud | 06/29/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| New York State Workers’ Compensation Fraud Inspector General Lucy Lang on Friday announced that a man was ordered to pay nearly $10,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to fraud. ...Read More | |||
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NYCIRB Holding 2026 Workers' Compensation Forum Sept. 15 | 06/29/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board is holding its 2026 Workers' Compensation Forum on Sept. 15 in New York City. NYCIRB Presi...Read More | |||
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WCAB Rescinds OSAs for Due Process Violations, Disqualifies Judge for Appearance of Bias | 06/26/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board issued an en banc decision that rescinded two dozen orders suspending action on settlements that it said were issued in ways that violated the parties' due process rights. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Calculation of TTD Owed for Worker's Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 06/26/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the calculation of temporary total disability benefits owed to a worker for his carpal tunnel syndrome. ...Read More | |||
