Workers' Compensation News
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Marine Transportation Provider Can't Get Indemnity for Worker's Accident | 09/10/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a marine transportation provider could not enforce the indemnity provision in a master service agreement between a staffing company and the owner of an offshore platform under Louisiana law. ...Read More | |||
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Man Faces Multiple Fraud Charges | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Louisiana Attorney General's Office said an information technology director for the state's 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals faces multiple charges relating to alleged work comp fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Most Recent Injuries Render Meat Cutter Totally Disabled | 08/22/2025 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Idaho Supreme Court ruled that the last in a series of injuries to a longtime meat cutter was permanently and totally disabling and that the Industrial Special Indemnity Fund was not liable for any benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Mining Industry Worker Establishes Asthma as Occupational Disease | 08/22/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker sustained the occupational disease of asthma in the course of and resulting from employment in the mining industry. ...Read More | |||
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MLAC, Subcommittees to Meet in Salem | 08/19/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Oregon's Management-Labor Advisory Committee and two of its subcommittees will meet Thursday and Friday to discuss issues relating to exclusive remedy, access to care and average weekly wages. ...Read More | |||
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Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing $42,000 in Dead Mother's Benefits | 08/07/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York State Inspector General's Office announced that a Port Jervis man pleaded guilty to stealing more than $42,000 in workers' compensation benefits that were issued to his mother, who had died in April 2022. ...Read More | |||
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Man Pleads Guilty to Felony Workers' Compensation Fraud | 08/01/2025 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Idaho Department of Insurance announced that a man pleaded guilty to one count of felony insurance fraud for working while receiving benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Manual Labor Exception Doesn't Apply to Independent Contractor's Workers | 07/02/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that employees and contractors working for an independent contractor do not fall within the manual labor exception for entitlement to workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Max TD Benefit Increases July 1 | 05/09/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The maximum temporary total disability benefit in Oregon is increasing by 6.427% on July 1 to match the increase in the state’s average weekly wage. ...Read More | |||
| Maximum, Minimum Compensation Rates Increasing July 1 | 04/30/2025 | ||
| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that maximum and minimum compensation rates will increase, effective July 1. The maximum compensation rate will be $1,463.10, up from the 2024 rate of $1,410. The minimum compensation rate will be $365.78, up from $352....Read More | |||
