Workers' Compensation News
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Carrier Must Pay Bill for Worker's Knee Surgery | 12/11/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld an order from the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission ordering a carrier to pay the full amount billed by a treatment provider for an injured worker’s knee surgery. ...Read More | |||
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Contractor Fined $128,345 for Repeated Violations | 12/11/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined a contractor $128,345 for numerous violations, including repeated violations of fall protection standards. ...Read More | |||
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Court Nixes Requirement to Add Comp Coverage to FAIR Plans | 12/10/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Los Angeles County Superior Court erred when it found that California's insurance commissioner could require an insurer of last resort to offer incidental workers' compensation as part of its basic property insurance, an appeals court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Companion Bill Would Cover First Responders' Fundraising Injuries | 12/10/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A companion measure to a proposal to explicitly provide workers' compensation coverage for volunteer firefighters and paramedics injured during fundraising events was introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. ...Read More | |||
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Court: WCAB Has Duty to Flesh Out Witness Statements When Workers Can't Speak | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board had a duty to develop the record and ensure that qualified medical evaluators received witness statements regarding a worker before denying a petition for reconsideration, a California appellate court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes 'Worker Safety Day' Resolution | 12/08/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Assembly Labor Committee passed a resolution that would designate April 18 as Worker Safety Day. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker's Intentional Conduct Claim | 12/05/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld the summary dismissal of an injured worker’s intentional conduct claim against his employer. ...Read More | |||
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CFO Proposes Ending Comp for Undocumented Immigrants | 12/05/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia proposed using the state's workers' compensation to penalize undocumented workers and the businesses that employ them. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Worker's Claim of Psychological Injury From Mistreatment by Supervisor | 12/04/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Arizona appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim of a psychological injury from mistreatment by her supervisor. Cas...Read More | |||
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Contractor Pays $625,000 in Restitution for Premium Fraud | 12/04/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York contractor paid $625,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to underreporting his payroll by more than $3.5 million. Mahendranauth Khargi...Read More | |||
