Workers' Compensation News
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Amended Farmworker, Presumption Bills Returning to Assembly for Concurrence | 09/11/2025 | |
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| The California Senate passed bills that would extend the heart trouble presumption to certain state hospital workers and presume that heat injuries are compensable for agricultural workers, sending the measures back to the Assembly for concurrence with recent amendments. ...Read More | |||
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Actuarial Committee to Explore Cumulative Trauma Claims | 09/11/2025 | |
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| The Actuarial Committee for the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California will discuss strategies for more quickly identifying trends with cumulative trauma claims during a meeting on Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Administrator Unreasonably Denies Worker's Claim | 09/10/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an administrator unreasonably denied a worker’s claim for injuries from a locker falling on her. ...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Would Require EOR to Justify Contractual Discounts | 09/09/2025 | |
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| A bill that would have allowed California providers to use independent review to challenge contractual discounts applied to bills was amended to instead require payers to justify reductions in explanations of review. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Passes Comp Bills | 09/02/2025 | |
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| The California Assembly voted to send the governor bills to expand death benefits provided to children of first responders and provide full-pay salary continuation benefits to park rangers in Sacramento County. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Vacates Wage Calculation for Worker Returning to Full-Time Position | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Arizona appeals court said the time frame an administrative law judge used to calculate preinjury monthly wages for a nurse who was injured after returning to full-time employment did not reflect her actual earning capacity at the time of the injury. ...Read More | |||
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Amendment Would Limit Expansion of Heart Trouble Presumption | 08/28/2025 | |
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| A bill proposing to expand the presumption that heart trouble is a compensable condition was amended to specify that California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation workers must be peace officers to qualify. ...Read More | |||
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Agreement Compels Arbitration for Wrongful Death of Unborn Child | 08/21/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court said a trial court erred in denying a motion to compel arbitration by finding that a woman suing over the death of her unborn son was a transportation worker and exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act. ...Read More | |||
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Appropriations Committee Sends SIBTF, Felony Fraud Bills to Suspense File | 08/20/2025 | |
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| The Senate Appropriations Committee put a hold on bills that would revise processes relating to second injury fund claims and allow prosecutors to charge self-referral schemes as a felony or misdemeanor. ...Read More | |||
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Appropriations Committee Hears Comp Bills Wednesday | 08/19/2025 | |
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| California lawmakers will consider the potential fiscal implications of a handful of comp bills during a hearing on Wednesday. The Assembl...Read More | |||
