Workers' Compensation News
| 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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NCCI Chief External Relations Officer Mark Mileusnic to Retire in 2027 | 09/02/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance on Tuesday announced that Chief External Relations Officer Mark Mileusnic plans to retire in the first quarter of 2027. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Entitled to Relief from Default | 09/02/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a decision to vacate a Labor Law defendant’s default and the denial of summary judgment against the co-defendant. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Overturns Denial of Worker's Requests to Expand Claim | 09/02/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals partially overturned the denial of a worker’s requests to expand his claim to include additional conditions and for referrals to a cardiologist, gastroenterologist and vascular surgeon. ...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 | |||
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Nursing Assistant's Alleged Injuries Didn't Constitute Occupational Disease | 09/02/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld the denial of a certified nursing assistant’s claims, as her alleged injuries did not constitute an occupational disease and were therefore time-barred. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Upholds Black Lung Award for Coal Miner | 09/01/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld a black lung benefits award, finding a coal miner's employment caused legal pneumoconiosis that substantially contributed to his being totally disabled. ...Read More | |||
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Court Dismisses Worker's Challenge to Calculation of Benefit Rate as Moot | 09/01/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s challenge to the calculation of his temporary income benefit rate as moot. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Penalty on Claims Administrator for Failing to Timely Act on IME Report | 09/01/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a $1,500 penalty against a claims administrator for failing to act on an independent medical examiner’s report within 30 days. ...Read More | |||
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Law Firm Denied Summary Dismissal of Worker's Malpractice Claim | 09/01/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled declined to dismiss a malpractice suit alleging a law firm mishandled a workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
