Workers' Compensation News
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Committees Pass Medical Treatment Leave, Staffing Agency Bills | 04/24/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A pair of California legislative committees passed bills that would require employers to allow workers to schedule treatment for industrial injuries during the workday, and require staffing agencies to provide proof of workers' compensation as part of a new registration process. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes SIBTF Bill Amid Competing Reform Proposal | 04/23/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Assembly Insurance Committee on Wednesday advanced a bill to overhaul the state's second-injury fund, opting to move a measure the governor has already vetoed as a counterweight to reforms the administration is pursuing through a budget trailer bill. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Summary Dismissal of Construction Worker's Claim | 04/23/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims for his injuries from falling into a trench. Cas...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Expand Claim | 04/23/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of her claim and to receive additional treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Board Applied Incorrect Standard to Deny Worker's PPD Claim | 04/22/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals said the Workers’ Compensation Board applied the wrong standard to deny a worker permanent partial disability benefits at claim closure. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds PPD Award, Reverses Order for Providers to Receive Direct Payment | 04/21/2026 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to permanent partial disability benefits, but it reversed an award of fees and the directive for the employer to pay his medical providers. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Compensability Determination for Unobserved Fall | 04/20/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appeals court affirmed the determination that a man's brain and head injuries were compensable even though the mechanism of the injury was unknown. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
