Workers' Compensation News
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Handful of Comp Bills Likely Dead for Remainder of Session | 08/17/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| California lawmakers have effectively closed the door on several workers' compensation proposals for the year, failing to advance bills addressing premium fraud, medical provider contracts and benefits eligibility for workers with subsequent injuries before a key Friday deadline. ...Read More | |||
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IBR Decisions in 2026 Order More Than $2M in Additional Reimbursement | 08/17/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| California workers' compensation providers have received orders for more than $2 million in additional reimbursement through independent bill review during the first six months of 2026, prevailing in about 87% of decided cases. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds PTD Award for Former Special Education Teacher | 08/17/2026 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Utah Supreme Court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to a former special education teacher and denied Granite School District's request to offset its liability for benefits to account for a settlement the teacher received from the debt collectors who had hounded ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim Against Property Lessee | 08/17/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a denial of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim against the lessee of the property where his alleged accident occurred. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Increase in Worker's Occupational Pneumoconiosis Award | 08/17/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an increase in a mine worker’s occupational pneumoconiosis award. Case: ...Read More | |||
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WCB Amends Rules for Submitting Cost Bills | 08/17/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Board updated its rules governing the submission of cost bills. Claimants who prevail against...Read More | |||
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High Court Revives Tort, Says Appeals Court Misapplied Presumption for Safety Guard Removal | 08/14/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court said an appeals court erred when it vacated a jury verdict based on a finding that there was no genuine issue of material fact about whether a dairy worker was entitled to the rebuttable presumption that his employer deliberately removed a safety guard. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Predicts Minimum Effect From CMS Fee Schedule Changes | 08/14/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance said in a research brief that fee schedule changes made by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are not likely to put upward pressure on medical costs. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Committee Proposes 'Hazard Pay' for Workers in Extreme Temperatures | 08/14/2026 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Massachusetts Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development has reported a new draft combining two bills that would create protections for workers in extreme temperatures that, among other things, require "temperature hazard pay." ...Read More | |||
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Seven Charged in Alleged Payroll Fraud Scheme | 08/14/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Seven suspects have been charged with participating in a sophisticated payroll scheme to defraud workers' compensation insurers, the Florida attorney general announced. ...Read More | |||
