Workers' Compensation News
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Report: Computer System Upgrade Suspended for Lack of Progress | 08/28/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Officials in Washington state have pulled the plug on efforts to upgrade the workers' compensation medical claims management system, citing a lack of progress over the last 10 years, ...Read More | |||
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Refiling Claim Doesn't Extend Time to Request Hearing | 08/13/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that refiling a claim for the same injury does not extend the time to request a hearing. Jennifer Pr...Read More | |||
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Report: 98% of Firefighter Cancer Claims Initially Denied Despite Presumption | 08/13/2025 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Since Maine lawmakers created a presumption that cancer is compensable for firefighters, nearly all cancer claims filed by firefighters were initially denied, according to ...Read More | |||
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Rates to Drop 3.2% in October | 08/13/2025 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development and the Office of the Insurance Commissioner said businesses will pay an average of 3.2% less for workers’ compensation coverage, starting Oct. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Rating Bureau Posts Updated Loss-Sensitive Advisory Plan Tables | 08/08/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released updated loss-sensitive advisory plan tables for policies taking effect on or after Sept. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Retention of Control Rebuts Presumption That Safety Was Delegated to Contractor | 06/30/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court said a mall owner may have exercised affirmative control over aspects of an electrical system upgrade project in a way that rebuts the presumption under the Privette doctrine that independent contractors are generally responsible for ensuring safe workplaces. ...Read More | |||
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Rotator Cuff Tear Gets Added as Compensable Condition of Worker's Claim | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a right rotator cuff tear needed to be added as a compensable condition to a worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
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Report Details Recommendations to Curb 'Excessive' Comp Claims by Correctional Workers | 05/22/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New York City has incurred more than $1 billion in workers’ compensation expenses on claims filed by correctional workers over the last three years, according to a report by the city’s Department of Investigation. ...Read More | |||
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Roofing Company Hit With More Fines | 05/14/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Washington state roofing company faces more than $300,000 in fines after a worker fell from a two-story roof and was injured, the latest in a string of safety and labor violations levied against the employer. ...Read More | |||
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Report: More Than $2.7 Million in Comp Fraud Exposed Across State | 04/17/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York State Workers’ Compensation Fraud Inspector General's office said in its yearly report to the Workers' Compensation Board that its investigators uncovered $2.7 million in comp fraud last year. ...Read More | |||
