Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Court Upholds Award for Worker's Inhalation Injury | 01/02/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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 Insurance | |||
| 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 Insurance | |||
| 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 | |||
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Injured Worker Establishes Entitlement to Expand Scope of Claim | 12/30/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a trial judge’s determination that an injured worker should have been allowed to expand the scope of her claim. ...Read More | |||
