Workers' Compensation News
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CWCI: Meloxicam Emerges as Cost Driver | 11/05/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The California Workers' Compensation Institute on Wednesday reported that meloxicam has become the largest source of anti-inflammatory drug spending, with its share of payments jumping from less than 2% in 2020 to 30.8% last year, largely because of a small number of high-cost formulations....Read More | |||
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WCIRB C&R Committee Meets Nov. 17 | 11/05/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California Classification and Rating Committee will discuss possible changes to the physical audit threshold and payroll limitations during a Nov. 17 meeting. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Offers Another Workforce Safety Innovation Grant | 11/05/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has announced $29 million in funding to further the development of personal work safety equipment and technology. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Jury Verdict Finding Contractor Liable for Injury to Subcontractor's Employee | 11/05/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld a jury’s verdict finding a contractor liable for a catastrophic workplace injury suffered by a subcontractor’s employee struck by a train. ...Read More | |||
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Court Clarifies Relevant Period for Employer to Presume Worker No Longer Needs Care | 11/05/2026 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that the two-year period for an employer to invoke a statutory presumption that an injured worker no longer needs medical care begins to run on the date of the award of future medical benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Summary Judgment for Welder Who Fell From Makeshift Scaffold | 11/05/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who fell off a makeshift scaffold was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Summary Judgment Dismissing Some Claims Against It | 11/05/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was entitled to partial summary judgment dismissing some of the cross-claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Study Analyzes Effect of Losing Medicaid Coverage | 11/04/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Medicaid disenrollment was associated with higher medical payments in workers' compensation claims during the period when enrollees were losing coverage, the Workers Compensation Research Institute said in a new study. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Raise Concern About OSHA Respirator Rule Changes | 11/04/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Twenty-eight congressional Democrats are protesting planned rollbacks of regulations regarding respirator masks as proposed by the Trump administration. ...Read More | |||
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Plumber's Assistant Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall Over Barrier | 11/04/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a plumber’s assistant should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from falling over a ground-level barrier into a below-ground entranceway. ...Read More | |||
