Workers' Compensation News
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Charged Rates Stabilize, No Hike Following Advisory Rate Increase | 01/02/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The average rate charged for workers' compensation coverage in California stabilized during the first nine months of 2025, with no evidence of an immediate cost increase following the first rate hike in a decade, according to the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. ...Read More | |||
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OAL Approves Utilization Review Rules | 01/02/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation announced that the Office of Administrative Law approved its rules to exempt certain treatments and prescriptions from utilization review. ...Read More | |||
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Employers Defending Against Comp Claims Can Get Workers' Confidential Employment Records | 01/02/2026 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that an employer against whom a workers’ compensation claim has been made is an “interested party” entitled to confidential unemployment records concerning the claimant. ...Read More | |||
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Missed Filing Deadline by 1 Day Costs Worker His Appeal | 01/02/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker missed the deadline to appeal the termination of his benefits by one day, and that his appeals were therefore properly dismissed as untimely. ...Read More | |||
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Board Must Revisit Worker's Request for Reopening | 01/02/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board needed to revisit a worker’s request for reopening and/or a rehearing since it failed to address all the basis she had raised for relief the first time around. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award for Worker's Inhalation Injury | 01/02/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a healthcare worker’s inhalation injury. ...Read More | |||
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Deputy's Refusal of Surgery Results in Denial of Duty Disability Retirement | 12/31/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Court of Appeal for the 2nd District of California ruled that an injured deputy sheriff was properly denied a service-connected disability retirement due to his unreasonable refusal to undergo recommended medical treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Worker's Challenge to Denial of Petition for Alternate Care | 12/31/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s failure to petition for judicial review meant a district court lacked jurisdiction to hear her challenges to a denial of alternate medical care. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Worker's Labor Law Claims Against Owner of Single-Family Dwelling | 12/31/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a worker’s Labor Law claims against the owner of a single-family dwelling. Case: Sanchez v...Read More | |||
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Neither Court nor Board of Review Can Grant Worker's Request to Accept Late Protest | 12/31/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that neither it nor the Board of Review could grant a worker’s request to accept a late protest to a denial of his claim. ...Read More | |||
