Workers' Compensation News
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WCIRB Releases Updated X-Mod Estimator | 06/09/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has released its updated experience modification estimator, which is based on the experience rating values approved by the insurance commissioner as part of the Sept. 1, 2026, regulatory rate filing. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Says Estoppel Doesn't Bar Undisclosed Civil Suit | 06/09/2026 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A divided Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that judicial estoppel did not bar a worker from proceeding with a personal injury suit he failed to disclose in a prior bankruptcy proceeding. ...Read More | |||
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ICA Notes Increased Maximum Wage for Benefit Calculations | 06/09/2026 | |
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| The Industrial Commission of Arizona announced that the state's 2027 maximum average monthly wage will increase by 3.3%. The new wage is&...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Denial of Summary Judgment for Worker | 06/09/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment for his alleged injuries from a Bobcat accident. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Worker's Award of SEBs, Part of Penalty Award | 06/09/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court overturned a worker’s award of supplemental earnings benefits and a $2,000 penalty against her employer. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Truck Driver's Occupational Pneumoconiosis Claim | 06/09/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a truck driver’s claim for occupational pneumoconiosis. Case: Henry v....Read More | |||
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Court: Summary Judgment Should Have Been Granted to Worker for Fall From Ladder | 06/09/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Scaffold Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 06/09/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who fell from a scaffold should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Budget Bill Ties Part of DWC Funding to Governor's SIBTF Reform | 06/08/2026 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate is proposing to condition a small portion of the Division of Workers' Compensation's budget on the enactment of Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed reforms to the state's second injury fund. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Prohibit Federal Comp Coverage for Cannabis | 06/08/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Even if the federal government goes forward with a proposal to formally acknowledge legitimate medical uses for cannabis, the drug would not be available to federal employees who are injured on the job, under a labor appropriations bill passed Friday. ...Read More | |||
