Workers' Compensation News
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CWCI: IMR Activity Dips for 1st Time Since 2022 | 11/12/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers' Compensation Institute reported that independent medical reviews were down in the first nine months of 2026. C...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Webinar to Discuss Findings From Latest Geo Study | 11/12/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is holding a webinar Dec. 9 to discuss findings from its latest study into regional differences in claim patterns and costs throughout California. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Establish New Injury From Taser Incident | 11/12/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that a worker failed to establish that he suffered a discrete new injury as a result of a training incident in which he was subjected to being shocked with a Taser. ...Read More | |||
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Company Owner Suspected of $100,000 Workers' Compensation Fraud Scheme | 11/12/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida authorities arrested a construction company owner for allegedly underreporting his payroll to fraudulently lower his workers' compensation premiums. ...Read More | |||
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Civil Suit for Worker's Alleged Injuries Not Barred by Estoppel | 11/12/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Pennsylvania Superior Court revived a worker’s civil suit for her alleged injuries from a motor vehicle accident, finding that the doctrine of collateral estoppel did not bar her action. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Truck Driver's Claim for Glaucoma | 11/12/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment dismissing a truck driver’s claim for glaucoma. Case: Ridgeway v....Read More | |||
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Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Worker's Appeal | 11/12/2026 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Delaware Superior Court judge denied a motion to dismiss a worker’s appeal from an Industrial Accident Board decision as untimely because the worker never received the decision. ...Read More | |||
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Proposed Deposition Fees Draw Objections From Management, Worker Advocates | 11/11/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California's proposed rules for attorney deposition fees have managed to draw objections from both sides of the workers' compensation system, with employers saying the proposed payments are too generous and vulnerable to abuse, and applicants' attorneys saying they are too meager and ...Read More | |||
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Governor Issues Workers' Comp Reappointments | 11/11/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Andy Beshear issued several reappointments to oversee the administration of workers' compensation law in Kentucky. Beshear reappointe...Read More | |||
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Court: Board Didn't Act Arbitrarily in Denying Worker's Bid for Reconsideration | 11/11/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board did not arbitrarily deny a worker’s application for reconsideration and/or full board review. ...Read More | |||
