Workers' Compensation News
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Water Damage Forces IWCC to Move Hearings from Collinsville | 09/18/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission announced that it is moving hearings to Springfield because of significant water damage at its building in Collinsville. ...Read More | |||
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WCD to Audit Arbiter, Interpreter Payments | 09/17/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division said announced plans to review the timeliness and accuracy of payments for arbiter and interpreter services. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell on Permanent Staircase Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 09/17/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who fell on a permanent staircase at a construction site should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Did Not Knowingly Provide False Information About Medical History | 09/10/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a bricklayer had not knowingly provided false information about his medical history in his workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Procedural, Constitutional Challenges to Act 111 Rejected by Court | 09/08/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejects procedural challenge to Act 111, as well as repetitive challenges to the constitutionality of the state's new impairment rating evaluation process. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Award of Benefits, Fees, Penalties for Injuries from Ladder Accident | 09/04/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of benefits, fees and penalties for a worker injured in a ladder accident. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can Expand Claim to Include CRPS, But Not Lumbar Spine Condition | 09/04/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the expansion of a worker’s claim to include complex regional pain syndrome, but not a lumbar spine condition. ...Read More | |||
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WCB Revises Proposed Fee Schedule Updates, Plans More Frequent Revisions in Future | 09/03/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York State Workers' Compensation Board is moving forward with an overhaul of medical fee schedules that haven't been revised in more than six years. ...Read More | |||
| WCIRB: Medical and Related Service Costs Increased 5% in 2025 | 09/02/2026 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Medical and related service costs per claim increased in 2025, driven by increases in both the average prices paid per transaction and the number of transactions per claim, according to a new report by the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Entitled to Repair of Damaged Prosthesis, but Not Replacement | 09/02/2026 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was entitled to repair of his leg prosthesis that was damaged in an on-the-job accident, but he was not entitled to a replacement. ...Read More | |||
