Workers' Compensation News
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Court: WCAB Has Duty to Flesh Out Witness Statements When Workers Can't Speak | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board had a duty to develop the record and ensure that qualified medical evaluators received witness statements regarding a worker before denying a petition for reconsideration, a California appellate court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Municipalities Brace for Costs of Presumption Changes | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Municipalities are bracing for the costs of a measure lawmakers passed during a special session that explicitly states harmful exposure is not required for presumptive lung disease claims, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Worker Remains Disabled, Needs Additional Surgery | 12/09/2025 | |
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| The Nebraska Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker remained temporarily totally disabled and needed additional shoulder surgery. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Rejects Mine Operator's Challenge to Black Lung Award for Former Employee | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| A federal appellate court rejected a coal mine operator’s petition for review of an award of black lung benefits to a miner who was not diagnosed with pneumoconiosis until years after he left the company. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Expansion, Closure of Worker's Claim | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the closure and denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of his claim. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Widow Doesn't Need Carrier's Consent to Settle Third-Party Claim | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a widow was not required to obtain the consent of an insurance carrier before settling her claim against third-party tortfeasors, but she was not entitled to receive an equitable apportionment of her costs and expenses from the Workers’ Compensation Boa...Read More | |||
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Governor Vetoes Fraud Assessment Commission | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a proposal to create an employer-funded account to pay for workers' compensation fraud investigations and prosecutions, according to the Legislature's website. ...Read More | |||
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SCIF: Ambiguity in Disability Accommodation Rules Could Hamper Enforcement | 12/08/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California's largest workers' compensation carrier said some of the changes that the Division of Workers' Compensation is proposing to its disability accommodation rules could create ambiguity that would make them harder to enforce. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Unreasonable Conduct Delaying Case Results in Dismissal of Claim | 12/08/2025 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claim based on her unreasonable conduct delaying the adjudication of her case. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Finding That Firefighter Gets No Recovery for Recurrence of Injury | 12/08/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Supreme Court upheld a determination that an injured firefighter was not entitled to any recovery for a worsening back injury because it was a recurrence of a prior injury for which he had executed a release and settlement. ...Read More | |||
