Workers' Compensation News
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CWCI: Inpatient Hospitalization Rates Level Off; Spinal Surgeries Continue to Drop | 05/08/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Inpatient hospitalization rates stabilized in 2024 after nearly a decade of steady declines, while spinal surgeries resumed a long-term downward trend after a brief interruption during the pandemic, the California Workers' Compensation Institute said in a report published Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Firefighter Presumption Bill | 05/08/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Colorado Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would expand presumptive coverage for firefighters with cancer and make it harder for employers to rebut the presumption that the conditions arose from employment. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Petition for Benefits as Timely Filed | 05/08/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A Florida appellate court reinstated a worker’s petition for benefits, finding it was timely filed within one year of his last receipt of authorized medical treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Coal Mine Worker Establishes Compensability of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 05/08/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a coal mine worker’s bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Repeated Failure to Appear for Deposition Warrants Dismissal of Claim | 05/08/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claim due to his repeated failure to appear for a deposition. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Collapsing Ceiling Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 05/08/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claims for his injuries from being struck by a section of ceiling that fell. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposing Stroke Presumption Heads to Governor | 05/08/2026 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| South Carolina lawmakers voted to send the governor a bill that would add coverage for strokes to the law that presumes heart and respiratory diseases are compensable for firefighters. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Co-Employee Immunity Doesn't Shield Vehicle Owners From Vicarious Liability | 05/07/2026 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court on Thursday held that a motor vehicle owner can be held vicariously liable for the negligence of a driver, even if the driver is personally immune from liability under the Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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State Approves 2.5% Loss Cost Reduction | 05/07/2026 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation Insurance Division approved an overall 2.5% decrease in workers' compensation advisory loss costs for policies incepting on or after Aug. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Trucking Company's Maintenance Facility Qualifies as 'Mine' | 05/07/2026 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld two citations against a trucking company for safety violations, finding that its maintenance facility qualified as a “mine” for purposes of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act. ...Read More | |||
