Workers' Compensation News
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CWCI Posts Summary of 2026 Bills | 10/05/2026 | |
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| The California Workers' Compensation Institute posted a summary of bills enacted during the 2026 session that may be of interest to the workers' compensation community. ...Read More | |||
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Texas Mutual Announces New VP of Austin Operations | 10/05/2026 | |
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| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced Friday the promotion of John Grube to vice president of regional operations for the Austin region. ...Read More | |||
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Appellate Court Publishes Decision Finding Carrier Owed No Coverage for Fatal Accident | 10/05/2026 | |
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| The Illinois Appellate Court has published its decision from late this summer finding that an insurance carrier owed no coverage to an employer for a worker’s fatal accident at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Finding That Worker Failed to Trigger Pneumoconiosis Presumption | 10/05/2026 | |
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| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a determination that a worker failed to prove a sufficient length of exposure to dust hazards to give rise to a presumption that he had occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Defendant Timely Paid Settlement | 10/05/2026 | |
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| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant timely paid a settlement to an injured worker. Case: Carranza v. Memor...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Injured Worker's Entitlement to MRI, Surgery | 10/05/2026 | |
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| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an injured worker was entitled to a magnetic resonance imaging scan and surgery to address an ankle injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Carrier's Conversion Claim Fails Without Adjudication of Comparative Negligence | 10/02/2026 | |
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| A workers' compensation carrier cannot pursue conversion and related claims to recover a disputed lien from an injured worker's third-party settlement before the employer's comparative negligence has been adjudicated, a California appellate court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Carrier Not Entitled to Reimbursement From Special Fund for Second Injuries | 10/02/2026 | |
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| The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that an insurance carrier was not entitled to reimbursement from the Special Fund for Second Injuries for the benefits paid to an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reverses Finding That Settlement Ended Worker's Ability to Recover for Unpaid Bill | 10/02/2026 | |
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| The Virginia Court of Appeals overturned a determination that a worker’s settlement extinguished his ability to claim payment for an allegedly unpaid bill from one of his treatment providers. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Compensability Finding for Shoulder Injury, Reopening of TTD | 10/02/2026 | |
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| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the compensability of a worker’s shoulder surgery and the reopening of his temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
