Workers' Compensation News
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CHSWC Meets Dec. 11 | 12/03/2025 | |
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| Members of the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation are meeting Dec. 11 in Los Angeles. Commissioners w...Read More | |||
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Workers' Compensation Board Errs by Excluding Doctor's Report From Evidence | 12/03/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Board erred in excluding a doctor’s report from evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Again Seek to Expand Provider Options Under FECA | 12/03/2025 | |
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| Lawmakers are once again trying to expand provider options for injured federal workers. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Richard Blumenth...Read More | |||
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DOI Approves 3.7% Loss Cost Reduction | 12/03/2025 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Alaska Division of Insurance approved a 3.7% average decrease in voluntary loss costs and an average 4.8% reduction in assigned risk rates, effective Jan. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Flagg Reappointed to Texas Mutual Board | 12/03/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| Gov. Greg Abbott reappointed Brett Flagg to the Texas Mutual Insurance Co. board of directors for a term running through July 1, 2031. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Errs in Rejecting Worker's Petition for Review as Untimely | 12/03/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| A Texas appellate court reinstated a worker’s challenge to an administrative determination regarding the scope of her compensable injuries, finding that a trial judge erred in treating her petition as untimely. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Makes Sufficiently Reasonable Job Search to Qualify as 'Displaced' | 12/03/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court upheld a determination that a worker made a sufficiently reasonable effort to locate suitable employment within her restrictions to qualify as “displaced.” ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request for Tub, Porch Repair | 12/03/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for a walk-in whirlpool tub and shower, and the replacement of the floorboards on his porch, as not medically necessary for his burn injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Court Returns PTD Application to Commission for Review of Changed Circumstances | 12/02/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court issued a limited writ returning a worker’s application for permanent total disability benefits to the Industrial Commission to make findings as to whether he presented evidence of new and changed circumstances. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Proposes More Than $1M Fine for Worker Fatality | 12/02/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A vegetable processing company in New Jersey faces proposed penalties of $1,125,484 after a worker was fatally injured while cleaning a machine. ...Read More | |||
