Workers' Compensation News
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Pennsylvania, Hawaii Lawmakers Target Compound Drug Prices | 03/17/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Lawmakers in Pennsylvania and Hawaii are proposing legislation that would align state standards with federal laws to crack down on inflated prices for compound drugs in their workers' compensation systems. ...Read More | |||
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Police Officer's Duty Disability Benefits Not Subject to Offset | 03/10/2026 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wisconsin Court of Appeals, in an unpublished decision, ruled that a police officer’s duty disability benefits could not be offset by the workers' compensation benefits he already received. ...Read More | |||
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PTSD Pilot Proposal Goes to Governor | 03/10/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Washington state lawmakers voted to send the governor a bill that would allow the Department of Labor and Industries to implement a pilot program to expedite treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. ...Read More | |||
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Provider Doesn't Have Claim for Double Damages if Carrier Disputes Claim in Good Faith | 02/19/2026 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that as long as a workers’ compensation insurance carrier has a good-faith ground for disputing coverage for a medi...Read More | |||
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Property Owners' Association Not Entitled to Dismissal of Injured Worker's Civil Suit | 02/12/2026 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a property owners’ association was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s civil claim for injuries he sustained while working on the property. ...Read More | |||
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Police Officer Gets 22.5% SLU for Ruptured Achilles Tendon | 01/26/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a 22.5% schedule loss of use award for a worker’s ruptured Achilles tendon. Case: Ma...Read More | |||
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Paramedic Proves Compensable Injuries to Back, Shoulders | 01/07/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a paramedic suffered a compensable injury and that the record supported a compensable diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy. ...Read More | |||
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Policy Group Calls for Ending State Monopoly | 12/29/2025 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mountain States Policy Center, which describes itself as promoting free enterprise, individual liberty and limited government, argues that eliminating W...Read More | |||
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Postal Worker Indicted for Allegedly Not Disclosing Divorce | 12/23/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A U.S. Postal Service worker was indicted for allegedly failing to disclose a divorce, thereby collecting augmented workers' compensation benefits to which she was not entitled, according to federal prosecutors in Illinois. ...Read More | |||
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Paralysis Fraud Case Leads to 31-Month Sentence, $537,071 Restitution Order | 12/23/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio man who claimed he was paralyzed after a workplace electric shock pleaded guilty to theft of government property and wire fraud, and he was sentenced to 31 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $537,071 in restitution, the Bureau of Workers' Compensation announced. ...Read More | |||
