Workers' Compensation News
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DCBS Cutting Rates 3.3% | 09/11/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services said employers will pay an average of 3.3% less for workers’ compensation coverage next year. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Lacks Jurisdiction to Alter Fee Award to Worker | 09/10/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that the Division of Workers’ Compensation lacked jurisdiction to alter an attorney fee award and impose it against an insurance carrier instead of having the fees paid from an injured worker’s supplemental income benefits. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Updates Fee Schedules | 09/04/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation announced fee schedule updates to conform to changes made by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. ...Read More | |||
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Defendants in Civil Suit Over Worker's Electrocution Get Partial Summary Judgment | 09/04/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court ruled that the defendants in a civil suit over a worker’s electrocution were entitled to partial summary judgment dismissing the claims against them and that the employer was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a third-party complaint against it. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Proposes Amendments to SIB Rules | 08/27/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation proposed amendments that it says will better align the language of its supplemental income benefit rules with statutory requirements. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Proposes MTUS Update | 08/26/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation is proposing to update the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule to adopt four of the latest guidelines published by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. ...Read More | |||
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Deadline for Recon Doesn't Implicate Fundamental Jurisdiction, Is Subject to Equitable Tolling | 08/21/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court rejected a request to wait until the state Supreme Court clarifies the deadline for the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board to act on petitions for reconsideration, and said the 60-day window can be disregarded when the three elements of equitable tolling are satisf...Read More | |||
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Doug Cogan Elected to Texas Mutual Board | 08/20/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. policyholders elected Doug Cogan to the carrier's board of directors for a six-year term. ...Read More | |||
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Division Proposes Research Agenda for 2026 | 08/13/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Another health care network report card is in the works for researchers at the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation. The division's Worke...Read More | |||
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Defendant in Civil Suit May Designate Worker's Employer as Responsible Third Party | 08/11/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a defendant in a civil suit should have been allowed to designate an injured worker’s employer as a responsible third party. ...Read More | |||
