Workers' Compensation News
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Rand: Stable Access, Decreasing Provider Participation a 'Puzzle' | 08/31/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Rand said in a new report that contradictory findings about provider participation trends and access to care in California's workers' compensation system "pose somewhat of a puzzle." ...Read More | |||
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Court: Decision Authorizing Arthroscopy Not Clearly Wrong | 08/31/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia affirmed a Workers' Compensation Board of Review decision authorizing an arthroscopy of a firefighter's left wrist because it was not clearly wrong. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB: Worker Fails to Prove Mental Injury Arising From Routine Meeting | 08/31/2026 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The Tennessee Workers' Compensation Appeals Board affirmed a decision finding that a worker failed to prove that her alleged mental health injuries were primarily caused by an event leading to what a reasonable person would consider a sudden or unusual mental stimulus. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Brickmaker $496,528 Over Silica Hazards | 08/31/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a brickmaker in Pennsylvania nearly half a million dollars for allegedly knowingly exposing its workers to unsafe levels of respirable silica dust. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Approves $1 Billion Dividend | 08/31/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, in announcing its latest dividend Friday, said it has returned more money to employers since 2019 than it collected in premiums. ...Read More | |||
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1st DCA: 'Chain of Delegation' Makes Privette Applicable to Non-Hiring Party | 08/28/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court held that the protection provided by the Privette doctrine can travel through a contractual chain of delegation to shield a property owner who did not hire the contractor whose worker was injured. ...Read More | |||
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Reports: Former Judge Gets Probation, $5,000 Fine for Fraud Scheme With Suspended Provider | 08/28/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Southern California judge who pleaded guilty to paying a suspended provider to write medical-legal reports was sentenced to one year of probation and fined $5,000 Thursday, ...Read More | |||
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Self-Represented Worker Can Pursue Wage Claim, Comp Claim | 08/28/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court partially reinstated a self-represented worker’s claim for unpaid wages and modified the dismissal of his claim for workers’ compensation benefits as without prejudice. ...Read More | |||
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Court: JCC Should Have Awarded Reimbursement of Guardianship Expenses for Injured Worker | 08/28/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that a judge of compensation claims should have awarded reimbursement of the expenses a mother incurred in pursuing a guardianship for her son after he suffered a compensable, catastrophic brain injury. ...Read More | |||
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Owner of Hazardous Material Removal Company Accused of Operating Without Coverage | 08/28/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Connecticut prosecutors said the owner of a company that specializes in asbestos, lead and mold removal was charged with failure to provide workers' compensation at the time of a workplace injury. ...Read More | |||
