Workers' Compensation News
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Court Nixes Requirement to Add Comp Coverage to FAIR Plans | 12/10/2025 | |
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| 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 Legal | |||
| 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 | |||
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CHSWC Meets Dec. 11 | 12/03/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Members of the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation are meeting Dec. 11 in Los Angeles. Commissioners w...Read More | |||
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Court Returns PTD Application to Commission for Review of Changed Circumstances | 12/02/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court issued a limited writ returning a worker’s application for permanent total disability benefits to the Industrial Commission to make findings as to whether he presented evidence of new and changed circumstances. ...Read More | |||
