Workers' Compensation News
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Pinnacol Names Dr. Gabriel Lockhart Senior Medical Director | 10/02/2025 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Colorado's Pinnacol Assurance named Dr. Gabriel Lockhart senior medical director. ...Read More | |||
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Police Officer Not Entitled to 5th Extension of Duty Disability Benefits | 09/30/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld the denial of an injured police officer’s request to extend his duty disability benefits a fifth time. ...Read More | |||
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Preferred Employers Insurance Names Kimberly Wagner an Assistant Vice President | 09/22/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Preferred Employers Insurance appointed Kimberly Wagner assistant vice president of product and underwriting. ...Read More | |||
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Physician, Practitioner Section of Fee Schedule Updated | 09/22/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation updated the physician and practitioner section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to incorporate Medicare's fourth quarter changes. ...Read More | |||
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Partial Summary Judgment on Worker's Labor Law Claim Overturned | 08/18/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court partially overturned a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim based on his fall through a hole in an attic floor. ...Read More | |||
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Property Owners Not Civilly Liable for Worker's Murder by Colleague | 08/14/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals ruled that the owners of a property could not be held civilly liable for the murder of a worker who was their co-employee. ...Read More | |||
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Property Inspector Fails to Prove Chemical Inhalation Injury | 08/05/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a property inspector’s claim of a chemical inhalation injury. Case: Watf...Read More | |||
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Part of Worker's Labor Law Claim Revived; Sanctions on Defense Counsel Overturned | 07/18/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court revived part of a worker’s Labor Law action over his injuries from a fall from a scaffold ladder, overturned the sanctions imposed on defense counsel and granted summary judgment dismissing the worker’s claims against one defendant. ...Read More | |||
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P&T Committee Meets July 16 | 07/07/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation's Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee is meeting on July 16. Committee members...Read More | |||
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Private Self-Insured Frequency Drops; Paid and Incurred Losses Increase | 07/03/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The number of employees working for private self-insured companies fell 3.9% in 2024, while the number of claims they filed fell 7.4%, resulting in private self-insured claim frequency hitting a four-year low, according to the California Workers' Compensation Institute. ...Read More | |||
