Workers' Compensation News
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DWC Administrative Director Parisotto Retires | 02/04/2026 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| After more than a week of unanswered questions, the California Division of Workers' Compensation on Tuesday confirmed that Administrative Director George Parisotto has retired from state service. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Make Prepaid Card Option Permanent | 02/04/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker introduced a bill that would indefinitely extend authorization for employers to use prepaid debit cards to pay indemnity benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Bus Driver Faces Charge for Alleged Double-Dipping | 02/04/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A Seattle-area bus driver has been charged with taking more than $50,000 in compensation payments while allegedly working other jobs. Clifford Wayne Duma...Read More | |||
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Health Insurance Requirement Estimated to Add $500M in Costs Over 6 Years | 02/04/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Legislation that would require employers to continue paying health insurance premiums for injured workers would add more than $500 million in new costs over six years, according to an analysis by the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Rejects Employer's Challenge to Black Lung Award | 02/04/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court denied an employer’s challenge to a worker’s black lung benefits, holding that the judge’s finding of total disability was supported by the worker’s pulmonary evaluation results. ...Read More | |||
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Conflicting Evidence Prevents Summary Judgment in Labor Law Dispute | 02/04/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that summary judgment could not be granted in a Labor Law dispute because of conflicting evidence on whether the worker was required to perform his job at an elevation. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim; Defendants' 3rd-Party Claim Dismissed | 02/04/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder, as well as the dismissal of the defendants’ third-party claim for indemnification. ...Read More | |||
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Board Must Determine Hog Farm Employee's 'Task Loss' | 02/04/2026 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kansas Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a hog farm employee had suffered wage loss after an on-the-job injury and remanded for the Workers’ Compensation Board to revisit the amount of his “task loss.” ...Read More | |||
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Court Finds Reinsurer Entitled to COLA Reimbursement | 02/03/2026 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed a Department of Industrial Accidents Reviewing Board decision holding that a reinsurer was not entitled to reimbursement from the Workers' Compensation Trust Fund for cost-of-living adjustments paid to an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Affirms Miner's Award of Black Lung Benefits | 02/03/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld an award of black lung benefits to a coal miner, finding no error in the Benefits Review Board’s interlocutory order or final order. ...Read More | |||
