Workers' Compensation News
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Injured Worker's Default Judgment Upheld | 06/22/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld a worker’s $973,522.24 default judgment for his injuries that happened while he was performing construction work. ...Read More | |||
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ICA Notes Increased Maximum Wage for Benefit Calculations | 06/09/2026 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Industrial Commission of Arizona announced that the state's 2027 maximum average monthly wage will increase by 3.3%. The new wage is&...Read More | |||
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Industrial Code Insufficiently Specific to Support Labor Law Liability | 06/03/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A majority of New York’s highest court ruled that an Industrial Code provision on excavation was not specific enough to support liability under the Labor Law. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Fails to Raise Genuine Issue of Material Fact | 06/01/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An injured worker failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact that three disputed medical conditions were part of her compensable injury, a Texas appeals court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Gets Additional TTD, Fees and Penalties, but no SEBs | 06/01/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits, fees and penalties, but not supplemental earnings benefits. ...Read More | |||
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IAIABC Names 2026 NextGen Award Recipients | 05/29/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions announced the recipients of its NextGen Award, which recognizes people under 40 who are having a substantial and positive impact on their organizations and leading the workers' compensation industry into the future....Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Qualifies as Independent Contractor of Painting Business | 05/27/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a determination that a worker who suffered injuries on his second day working for a longtime acquaintance’s painting business was an independent contractor, not an employee. ...Read More | |||
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IMR Applications, UR Uphold Rate Both Increase in 2025 | 05/21/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The number of eligible applications for independent medical review increased to 152,832 in 2025 from 148,106 in 2024 while the proportion of decisions affirming the underlying utilization review determination rebounded last year, according to a new report by the California Division of Workers&rsq...Read More | |||
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Immunity Shields County Risk Pool From Widow's Death Benefit Claim | 05/11/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appeals court shut down a widow's efforts to recover death benefits, finding that a county's risk management pool is a governmental entity shielded by sovereign immunity and that the attempt to challenge a denial through a declaratory judgment action was a jurisdictional dead end....Read More | |||
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Independent Medical Examiner's Report Not Subject to Preclusion | 05/11/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that an independent medical examiner’s report did not need to be precluded from evidence. ...Read More | |||
