Workers' Compensation News
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Retail Clerk Gets Benefits for Injury After Fainting at Work | 08/13/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a retail clerk suffered a compensable injury when he fainted and fell at work. ...Read More | |||
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Respiratory Therapist Gets PTD Award | 08/11/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits for a respiratory therapist. Case: State ex rel. S...Read More | |||
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Res Judicata Bars Police Officer's COVID Claim | 08/06/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court ruled that a police officer’s claim for benefits based on his contraction of COVID-19 was barred by res judicata. ...Read More | |||
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Roofing Contractors Fined $282,420 Following Fatal Fall | 08/05/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited three roofing companies in Los Angeles a combined $282,420 for multiple workplace safety violations following an inspection of a worker's fatal fall. ...Read More | |||
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Registration Opens for Workplace Safety Conference | 07/29/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division announced that registration is now open for a two-day event in Bend that will focus on building and maintaining safe and healthy workplaces. ...Read More | |||
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Rand Report Finds Modest Effect for SB 1160, Calls for Database of UR Decisions | 07/21/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Rand Corp. on Monday reported statistically significant increases in some guideline-concordant care that was exempted from prospective utilization review in the first 30 days of an injury, but the generally modest effects indicate that approval rates for early treatment requests in California wer...Read More | |||
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Report: Construction Fraud Ring Allegedly Ducked More Than $600K in Premiums | 07/14/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Authorities in Southern Florida said a family-run criminal organization used shell companies to defraud workers' compensation carriers out of more than $600,000 in premiums by underreporting actual payroll. ...Read More | |||
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Repeated Complaints of Fraud Lead to Contractor's Suspension | 06/25/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington Department of Labor & Industries suspended a contractor's registration after dozens of customer complaints, a court decision and an investigation revealed more than $1 in fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Retroactivity Stripped From Amended Pro-Athlete Claim Prohibition Bill | 06/23/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would limit the ability of out-of-state athletes to file workers' compensation claims in California for cumulative traumas and occupational diseases would apply prospectively, under recent amendments. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Court Defers Sentence for Uninsured Employer | 05/26/2026 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The owner of a waste disposal company in Iowa was fined $1,025 and placed on probation for three years for operating without workers' compensation insurance, according to media reports. ...Read More | |||
