Workers' Compensation News
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Carrier Not Liable for Medical Costs Associated With Worker's Travel to Visit Family | 03/20/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that the costs associated with a tetraplegic worker’s travel to visit family out of state did not qualify for coverage as medical benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Entitled to Reimbursement of Settlement, Plus Fees, Costs, Interest | 03/20/2026 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Indiana Supreme Court ruled that an insurance carrier that covered an assigned risk employer was entitled to reimbursement from the Compensation Rating Bureau for its settlement of a claim against the employer, plus interest, fees and expenses from litigating its right to be repaid. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Brick Mason's PTD Award Overturned | 03/20/2026 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals overturned an award of permanent total disability benefits to an injured brick mason. Case: BI...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment on Claim for Pallet Jack Accident | 03/20/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment that dismissed a worker’s Labor Law claims arising from a pallet jack accident. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Worker Shouldn't Have Received Summary Judgment for Fall From Dumpster | 03/20/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should not have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from falling from a dumpster. ...Read More | |||
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Board Approves Pinnacol Privatization Initiative | 03/20/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| A ballot initiative proposing to privatize Pinnacol Assurance is poised to go before Colorado voters. The Colorado Title Board on Wednesday voted ...Read More | |||
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Committee Bill Proposes Another Expansion of Airport Firefighter Presumption | 03/19/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers are proposing to eliminate the requirement that airport firefighters complete a state-mandated training program to qualify for certain workers' compensation presumptions. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Doesn't Need to Prove Labor Market Attachment to Get PPD Award | 03/19/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to the benefit of a change in the law that relieved her of the burden to prove an attachment to the labor market. ...Read More | |||
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State Announces Fraud Arrest | 03/19/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A man who allegedly underreported payroll to fraudulently reduce his workers' compensation premiums was arrested and charged with an organized scheme to commit premium avoidance fraud, the Florida Department of Financial Services announced. ...Read More | |||
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Civil Claim for Worker's Car Accident Dismissed as Untimely | 03/19/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s civil claims arising from a work-related car accident as time-barred. ...Read More | |||
