Workers' Compensation News
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Appeals Court Says SCIF Performance Bonus Dispute Is Subject to Arbitration | 10/31/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court said a dispute about whether State Compensation Insurance Fund violated a collective bargaining agreement by giving different bonuses to similarly situated employees is subject to arbitration. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Says COVID Claim Properly Denied as Ordinary Disease of Life | 10/31/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Missouri appellate court concluded that a worker failed to prove that his employment placed him at a greater risk of contracting COVID-19 or that a distinct feature of his job caused him to contract the disease. ...Read More | |||
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Acrisure Re Names Dan Morrison SVP | 10/27/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Acrisure Re, the reinsurance division of Acrisure, announced the immediate appointment of Dan Morrison as senior vice president. ...Read More | |||
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AG Announces $1.4M Settlement With Construction Company | 10/22/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday announced a $1.4 million settlement with a construction firm that was accused of repeatedly violating the state's workers' compensation laws. ...Read More | |||
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AFL-CIO Bails on 'Agreed Bill' Process | 10/09/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois AFL-CIO told Gov. J.B. Pritzker that it is withdrawing from the agreed-bill process for revising work comp and unemployment laws, saying its good-faith participation is not being reciprocated in other states. ...Read More | |||
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Average Monthly Wage Properly Excludes Higher Earnings From Prior Position | 10/01/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the calculation of a worker’s average monthly wage based on his actual income before his injury, not the higher earnings he had in a different position before an injury resulted in his move to the lower-paying post. ...Read More | |||
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Alcohol Intoxication Doesn't Bar Worker From Recovering for Catastrophic Injuries | 09/29/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s alcohol intoxication did not bar him from recovering benefits for his injuries that left him paraplegic after he fell from a scaffold. ...Read More | |||
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Appeal of Daughter's Comp Claim Fails Due to Insufficient Pleadings | 09/19/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nevada Court of Appeals ruled that a mother’s failure to challenge all bases in the denial of her petition for review in her daughter’s closed workers’ compensation claim was fatal. ...Read More | |||
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Amended Farmworker, Presumption Bills Returning to Assembly for Concurrence | 09/11/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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 | |||
