Workers' Compensation News
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Railroad Worker Can't Pursue State and FELA Claims Simultaneously | 09/09/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a railroad worker injured in the course and scope of employment may not simultaneously pursue claims for damages under state law and the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. ...Read More | |||
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Rand: Stable Access, Decreasing Provider Participation a 'Puzzle' | 08/31/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Rand said in a new report that contradictory findings about provider participation trends and access to care in California's workers' compensation system "pose somewhat of a puzzle." ...Read More | |||
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Reports: Former Judge Gets Probation, $5,000 Fine for Fraud Scheme With Suspended Provider | 08/28/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Southern California judge who pleaded guilty to paying a suspended provider to write medical-legal reports was sentenced to one year of probation and fined $5,000 Thursday, ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
