Workers' Compensation News
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Committee Passes Debit Card Bill | 04/17/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Assembly Insurance Committee unanimously passed a bill that would permanently allow employers and carriers to use prepaid debit cards to provi...Read More | |||
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Court Remands Case for Proper Traveling Employee Analysis | 04/17/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission performed the wrong legal analysis in awarding death benefits to the surviving heir of a woman who died in a car crash while delivering supplies for her employer. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Injured Worker Should Have Received Summary Judgment for Ladder Accident | 04/17/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Dismissal for Defendant in Labor Law Claim | 04/16/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claims for her injuries from a scaffold accident. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Worker's Fee Award, Subject to Statutory Cap | 04/16/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a fee award of $4,200 for a worker in a long-running dispute over his entitlement to benefits, even though the fees he actually incurred far exceeded this amount, the statutory maximum available. ...Read More | |||
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Committee to Hear Reintroduced SIBTF Reform Proposal | 04/15/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly Insurance Committee is scheduled to hear testimony on a bill proposing reforms to the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust ...Read More | |||
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Court Publishes Decision Finding Privette Bars Ironworker's Claim | 04/14/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The 1st District Court of Appeal of California published its decision finding that the Privette doctrine bars an ironworker's civil claim against a co...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Application for PTD Benefits | 04/14/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s application for permanent total disability benefits. Case: Fought v...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Dismissal of Worker's Appeal, Grants Opportunity to Amend Pleadings | 04/13/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas court overturned the dismissal of a worker’s appeal of his denied claim, finding he should have been allowed to amend his pleadings to establish the trial court’s jurisdiction. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Staffing Agency Bill | 04/10/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California Senate committee passed a bill that would require staffing agencies to provide proof of workers' compensation coverage and register with the labor commissioner. ...Read More | |||
