Workers' Compensation News
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TK Keen Named Insurance Commissioner | 12/04/2025 | |
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| The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced that Director Sean O'Day appointed TK Keen as insurance commissioner. ...Read More | |||
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TDI Issues Data Call | 11/10/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a data call to all insurance companies licensed to write certain property and casualty lines of coverage the state. ...Read More | |||
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Truck Driver Can't Be Compelled to Arbitrate Injury Claims Against Nonsubscribing Employer | 11/05/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a truck driver could not be compelled to arbitrate his personal injury claims against his nonsubscribing employer. ...Read More | |||
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Texas Mutual Appoints New COO | 11/05/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Prateek Sangal became its chief operating officer last month. ...Read More | |||
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TTD Award for Worker Upheld; Fee Award, Date of Disability Overturned | 11/03/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker but overturned the Industrial Accident Board’s finding as to the start date of his disability and his award of attorney fees. ...Read More | |||
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Truck Driver Fails to Prove Occupational Pneumoconiosis Claim | 10/30/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a truck driver’s claim for occupational pneumoconiosis. Cas...Read More | |||
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Teacher's Injury at Basketball Practice Not Barred by Recreational Program Statute, Court Rules | 10/24/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Minnesota law shielding employers from liability for injuries suffered during voluntary recreational programs applies only to programs that benefit employees, the state's Supreme Court held, ruling that a high school math teacher injured while playing basketball with students was injured in...Read More | |||
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Treatment Provider Can't Pursue Claim for Payment Against Employer | 10/21/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a treatment provider could not pursue a claim for payment against an employer for services rendered to an injured worker as a third-party beneficiary of a settlement. ...Read More | |||
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Terms of Worker's Settlement Don't Bar Claim for Unpaid Medical Bill | 10/20/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that the terms of a worker’s settlement did not bar her pursuit of a claim against her employer for an allegedly unpaid balance owed to a treatment provider. ...Read More | |||
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Travel Reimbursement Rate Increases Jan. 1 | 09/15/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The reimbursement rate for injured workers who travel to medical appointments is increasing to 70 cents per mile from 67 cents per mile, effective Jan. 1, the Oregon Workers' Compensation Division announced. ...Read More | |||
