Workers' Compensation News
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IBR Awards Providers Additional Payment in 94% of Disputes | 02/02/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Independent bill review awarded additional payment on 94% of the nearly 6,000 disputes resolved on the merits in 2023 and 2024, finding that only about 6% of medical bills challenged through the administrative process were correctly paid, according to calculations based on data in a new report by...Read More | |||
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Injured Nurse Fails to Prove Additional Disability, Compensable Conditions | 01/30/2026 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Nebraska Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a nurse but found that she failed to establish additional disability or compensable conditions resulting from her employment or her work-related wrist injury. ...Read More | |||
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Industrial Commission Proposes Fee Schedule Update | 01/29/2026 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Industrial Commission of Arizona is holding hearings in February to discuss proposed revisions to its fee schedule. This year's u...Read More | |||
| IAIABC Accepting Nominations for NextGen Awards | 01/29/2026 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions on Wednesday opened nominations for its 10th annual NextGen Awards. The association said the awards recognize people under 40 who are positively impacting the workers' compensation industry and doing exemplary...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Waives Right to Cross-Examine Employer's Expert | 01/23/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a worker waived the right to cross-examine her employer’s expert witness. Case...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Can't Proceed With Malpractice Claim Against Former Attorneys | 01/14/2026 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of an injured worker’s malpractice claim against his former attorneys. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Injured Police Officer Gets SEBs Based on Normal Wages Plus Extra-Duty Assignments | 01/13/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured police officer was entitled to supplemental earnings benefits based on his full-time income and the extra-duty assignments coordinated by the department. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Establishes Entitlement to Expand Scope of Claim | 12/30/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a trial judge’s determination that an injured worker should have been allowed to expand the scope of her claim. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Carriers Have No Duty to Indemnify Employer for Worker's Fatal Accident | 12/22/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that an Ohio employer’s insurance carriers had no obligation to indemnify it for the settlement it paid to the family of a worker who was killed on the job. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Carrier Has Duty to Defend General Contractor From Civil Suit | 12/17/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a determination that a subcontractor’s insurance carrier had a duty to defend the general contractor from a civil suit by the subcontractor’s injured employee. ...Read More | |||
