Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Department Reduces Loss Costs 6.1% | 08/07/2025 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Hampshire Insurance Department on Wednesday announced a 6.1% reduction in voluntary loss costs and a 5.4% reduction in rates for the assigned risk pool. ...Read More | |||
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Division Revising UR Rules Rejected by OAL | 08/05/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation will revise its proposed utilization review rules after the Office of Administrative Law rejected portions for ambiguity and procedural flaws. ...Read More | |||
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Defendant Gets Partial Summary Dismissal of Claim, Judgment on 3rd-Party Claim | 08/04/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant in a Labor Law action should have been granted summary judgment dismissing part of the claim against it and that it should have been granted summary judgment on its third-party indemnification claim. ...Read More | |||
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Denial of Duty-Disability Pension for Firefighter Goes Against Weight of Evidence | 08/01/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court overturned a denial of a duty-disability pension for an injured firefighter as being against the manifest weight of the evidence. ...Read More | |||
