Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Fails to Link Need for Name-Brand Medication to Occupational Pneumoconiosis | 07/03/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a doctor’s request for a worker to receive an oral medication prescribed for lung diseases. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Estimates $1.3B Underwriting Loss for 2024 | 07/02/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| An increase in incurred losses and expenses, coupled with a decrease in earned premium, resulted in a $1.3 billion underwriting loss in 2024, according to a new report by the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Names Eric Sanders Chief Customer Operations Officer | 07/02/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California on Tuesday announced the appointment of Eric Sanders as senior vice president and chief customer operations officer. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Doesn't Prove Entitlement to Surgery, Additional TTD | 07/01/2025 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a denial of authorization for surgery to an injured worker, as well as a denial of additional temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Work Comp Educational Conference Set for Sept. 11-12 | 06/30/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The 13th Annual Nevada Workers' Compensation Educational Conference is scheduled for Sept. 11-12 at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Entitlement to Expand Claim | 06/27/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker's request to expand her claim. Case: Walker ...Read More | |||
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Worker Injured by Electrical Explosion Gets Partial Summary Judgment | 06/25/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a partial grant of summary judgment to a worker for his injuries from an electrical explosion. Cas...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Industrial Loss of Use in Excess of Medical Impairment Rating | 06/24/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an injured worker did not prove an industrial loss of use in excess of his medical impairment rating. ...Read More | |||
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Worker, Property Owner Both Get Partial Summary Judgment in Labor Law Action | 06/23/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim, but that the property owner was entitled to summary judgment dismissing some of his claims against it as well. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Study Analyzes Differences in Fee Schedules | 06/23/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute published a new study comparing medical fee schedules in 44 states and the District of Columbia. ...Read More | |||
