Workers' Compensation News
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Carrier Loses Claims Against Counsel for Widow Who Fraudulently Sought LHWCA Benefits | 01/05/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of an insurance carrier’s claims against an attorney and his firm for representing a widow who fraudulently sought benefits under the Longshore & Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Companies Face More Than $300,000 in Proposed Fines for Excavation Hazards | 01/05/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries said two construction companies face more than $300,000 in combined fines for allegedly exposing a crew of concrete workers to life-threatening cave-ins and excavation hazards and ignoring an order to stop work at the site. ...Read More | |||
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Auto Insurance Provider Owes No Coverage to Insured's Injured Employee | 01/05/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an automobile liability insurance provider had no duty to cover an insured’s employee for his alleged injuries from a motor vehicle accident. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Revies Worker's Labor Law Claim for Trip and Fall | 01/05/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from tripping over asphalt debris at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Closure of Worker's Claim for TTD | 01/05/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the closure of a worker’s claim for temporary total disability benefits after a doctor opined that he had reached maximum medical improvement and was capable of returning to work. ...Read More | |||
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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 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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 | |||
