Workers' Compensation News
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Attorney Becomes Indispensable Party to Appeal if Worker Challenges Fee Award | 05/15/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that if a worker is challenging a fee award to his attorney, the attorney is a necessary party to an appeal of the award, but the failure to name the attorney as a party is not a fatal jurisdictional defect. ...Read More | |||
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Adult Child of Worker Who Died of COVID-19 Gets Death Benefits | 05/12/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of death benefits to the dependent adult child of a worker who died of COVID-19. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Passes Experience Modification, Contractor Coverage Bills | 05/12/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The Colorado General Assembly unanimously voted to send the governor a bill that would create a process to update experience modification factors when actual payments on a closed claim are lower than the loss reserves reported by the carrier. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Passes Debit Card Bill | 05/11/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The California Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would permanently allow employers to pay indemnity benefits with prepaid debit cards. The A...Read More | |||
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Amended Presumption Bill Would Apply Retroactively to 2021 | 04/28/2026 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Members of the Arizona House of Representatives added five years of retroactive effect to a bill intended to close a loophole that carriers have allegedly used to deny cancer claims from first responders that are presumed to arise from employment under state law. ...Read More | |||
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Administration Explains SIBTF Reforms to Lawmakers | 04/24/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Second-injury fund reforms must apply to the backlog of about 30,000 unresolved claims to preserve the program and tackle skyrocketing costs, administration officials told California lawmakers Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Alleged Alter Ego of Worker's Employer Fails to Prove Exclusivity Defense | 04/22/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that workers’ compensation exclusivity did not shield a company as a matter of law without a showing that it was the alter ego of the worker’s employer. ...Read More | |||
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Arbitrator Will Decide Whether Employer Must Mediate Injured Worker's Claims | 04/21/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a dispute over whether a nonsubscribing employer and an injured employee had to engage in mediation must first be resolved by an arbitrator. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court: WCAB Ignored Evidence in Finding Section 132a Violation | 04/10/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In an unpublished decision, a California appeals court annulled a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board finding of violation ...Read More | |||
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AWCP Partners With WorkCompCentral to Strengthen Resources for WC Community | 03/04/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Association of Workers’ Compensation Professionals announced a partnership w...Read More | |||
