Workers' Compensation News
| DWC Updates Medical Equipment Section of Fee Schedule | 12/29/2025 | ||
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| The California Division of Workers' Compensation posted an order adjusting the durable medical goods section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to conform to changes in the Medicare payment system. The division said it adopted Medicare's durable medical equipment, prosthetics, o...Read More | |||
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Court: Refinery Owner Entitled to Mandamus Relief Dismissing Worker's Claims for Injury | 12/29/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a refinery owner should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claims over injuries from exposure to toxic fumes. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Finds Employer's Payment of Benefits Tacitly Renounced Prescription of Claim | 12/29/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that an employer abandoned its statute of limitations defense and tacitly renounced prescription by initiating regular and consistent workers’ compensation payments after the prescriptive period expired. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Allows Injured Worker to Proceed With Civil Suit Against Colleagues | 12/29/2025 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| A divided Alabama Supreme Court denied a petition for review of a trial judge’s decision allowing a worker to proceed with civil claims against his co-workers for allegedly removing safety devices from a machine that resulted in the mangling of his hand. ...Read More | |||
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Policy Group Calls for Ending State Monopoly | 12/29/2025 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Mountain States Policy Center, which describes itself as promoting free enterprise, individual liberty and limited government, argues that eliminating W...Read More | |||
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High Court Splits on Subcontractor's Obligation to Indemnify General for Worker's Injuries | 12/29/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A divided New York Court of Appeals ruled that a subcontractor on a construction project was not obligated to indemnify a general contractor for injuries that a different subcontractor’s employee suffered while using the first subcontractor’s broken ladder without permission....Read More | |||
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High Court Creates Employment Test for Vendor Relationships | 12/26/2025 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee Supreme Court, in reversing lower court decisions dismissing a sales representative's negligence action, created an initial test to assess the nature of a vendor agreement before delving into whether a vendor can be considered a statutory employer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Labor Law Ruling | 12/26/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim for a fall from a ladder. Case:...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Lower Settlement Age, Require More Information for Rate Proposals | 12/26/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Injured workers would be allowed to enter settlements regardless of their age, and the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries would be required to disclose more information relating to its annual rate proposal, under a pair of bills introduced by a Spokane Valley Republican. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Defines Aggravation of Preexisting Condition Under 2013 Reforms | 12/24/2025 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tennessee Supreme Court said workers' compensation reforms enacted in 2013 require proof that work contributed more than 50% to aggravating a preexisting condition and that the aggravation contributed more than 50% to causing death, disablement or the need for medical treatment. ...Read More | |||
