Workers' Compensation News
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Appropriations Committee Hears Comp Bills May 12 | 05/06/2025 | |
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| The California Senate Appropriations Committee will review the fiscal implications of bills addressing subrogation rights, uninsured employers and premium fraud May 12. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Resurrects FEHA Claim From SLAPP Ruling | 04/28/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court resurrected a former Los Angeles police officer’s Fair Employment and Housing Act claim, finding that the trial court went too far in granting the city’s anti-SLAPP motion and in dismissing claims arising from both protected and unprotected activities...Read More | |||
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Adult Son of Police Officer Gets Writ for Commission to Consider Dependency | 04/25/2025 | |
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| An Ohio appellate court issued a limited writ of mandamus directing the Industrial Commission to determine whether the adult son of a fallen police officer was actually dependent on his father and entitled to death benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Requires Negative Impact of Preexisting Disability for SIBTF Benefits | 04/23/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Injured workers seeking benefits from California’s second injury fund would be required to prove that they suffered a negative impact from the preexisting disability, under a recently amended bill that the Assembly Insurance Committee is scheduled to hear today. ...Read More | |||
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Applied Underwriters Announces Leadership Appointments at United Risk | 04/15/2025 | |
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| Applied Underwriters announced leadership appointments at its United Risk Group, effective immediately. ...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Would Require DWC to Post Annual Assessment of QME Reports | 04/11/2025 | |
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| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation would be required to post its medical director’s annual analysis of medical-legal reports to its website, under a recently amended bill. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Disbarred for Misusing Injured Worker's Funds | 04/08/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Supreme Court last week disbarred a Seattle-area solo practitioner for using his clients’ trust accounts as his own “piggy bank.” ...Read More | |||
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Actuarial Committee to Discuss Rate Filing at Thursday Meeting | 04/07/2025 | |
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| The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California's Actuarial Committee will discuss the Sept. 1 pure premium rate filing during a meeting Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Insurance Committee Hearing Comp Bills April 23 | 03/31/2025 | |
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| The California Assembly Insurance Committee scheduled an April 23 hearing for comp bills that would mandate standardized forms for med-legal evaluations, expand financial interest disclosure requirements to cover third-party service providers, amend the heart trouble presumption for state hospita...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Proposes 4850 Time Based on County Population | 03/31/2025 | |
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| A bill introduced to provide full-pay salary continuation benefits to park rangers in Sacramento was amended to make eligibility for the enhanced benefits contingent on the population of the county in which the park ranger is employed. ...Read More | |||
