Workers' Compensation News
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DWC Posts Standards for 2027 Audits | 10/20/2026 | |
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| The California Division of Workers' Compensation on Monday announced the standards it will use for profile audit review of adjusting locations throughout the state in 2027. ...Read More | |||
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AG: Lawmakers Can Decide How to Spend Nearly $500K in Defunct Opt-Out Guaranty Funds | 10/20/2026 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Attorney General said state lawmakers can decide how to spend nearly $500,000 held in a pair of funds created as part of the failed bid to bring a Texas-style opt-out option to employers. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Increase in Worker's Permanent Impairment | 10/20/2026 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld a 24% increase in a worker’s permanent impairment from the second of two back injuries. ...Read More | |||
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State Fraud Unit Arrests Three Business Owners | 10/20/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| Inspectors from the Office of the Chief State's Attorney arrested three business owners Friday on suspicion of workers' compensation fraud. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Posts 2027 Assessment Bulletin | 10/20/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division posted a bulletin announcing 2027 assessment rates, which are unchanged from 2026. The division ann...Read More | |||
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Worker Injured Trying to Prevent Beam From Falling Gets Summary Judgment | 10/20/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim for his injury from trying to prevent a beam from falling. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Upholds Denial of Claim for Injury Sustained While Participating in Costume Contest | 10/20/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A divided Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a university employee’s injury that happened during a costume contest at a mandatory work meeting was not compensable. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Ladder | 10/20/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Firefighter Fails to Prove Entitlement to PTD for Asthma | 10/19/2026 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Court of Appeals of the State of Nevada affirmed a decision finding that a firefighter failed to establish that a restriction on fire suppression duties alone rendered him totally incapable of working in the role. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Continues Rejecting Philly Police Claims for COVID-19 | 10/19/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania issued three more decisions finding that res judicata or collateral estoppel bars Philadelphia police officers from pursuing workers' compensation benefits for COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
