Workers' Compensation News
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Denial of Claim for Accidental Disability Retirement Overturned | 09/24/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division revived a public employee's claim for accidental disability retirement benefits, finding that the state pension board and an administrative law judge applied the wrong legal standard to his claim. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Seeks Comments on Rules | 09/24/2025 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Alaska Division of Workers' Compensation is seeking comments on its rules as part of the governor's regulatory reform order. ...Read More | |||
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DLI Updates Fee Schedules | 09/23/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry announced annual updates to workers' compensation fee schedules and maximum fees for services provided on or after Oct. 1. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Lowers Discount Rate for Final Quarter of 2025 | 09/23/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation announced that the fourth quarter discount rate will be 7.12%. The discount rate is used to calcul...Read More | |||
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DWC Announces EAC Appointments | 09/22/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Division of Workers’ Compensation Administrative Director George Parisotto appointed two new members to the committee tasked with investigating complaints of judicial misconduct. ...Read More | |||
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DA Announces Fraud Charges | 09/18/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ventura County District Attorney's Office announced that a Southern California man was arrested on felony work comp fraud charges for allegedly claiming that an arm injury he suffered in 2022 occurred at work. ...Read More | |||
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Denial of Worker's Occupational Asthma Claim Not Supported by Evidence | 09/18/2025 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission denying a worker’s claim for occupational asthma was unsupported by substantial evidence. ...Read More | |||
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DOL Cites Contractor $752,846 for Fall Hazards | 09/17/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor fined a Florida roofing contractor $752,846 for allegedly exposing workers to fall hazards by not requiring them to wear fall protection. ...Read More | |||
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Deputy Sheriff Not Entitled to Benefits for Heart Attack | 09/17/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits for a deputy sheriff’s heart attack. Case:...Read More | |||
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DWC Posts 2026 Compliance and Investigations Audit Plan | 09/16/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation said compliance and investigations audits in 2026 will focus on timeliness and accuracy of benefit payments, reimbursement for medical services and data reporting. ...Read More | |||
