Workers' Compensation News
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Owner of Construction Company Accused of Underreporting Payroll | 04/03/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Prosecutors in Southern California announced that the owner of a construction company was charged with six counts of felony workers' compensation fraud with an alleged loss of about $519,000. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Sanctioned for Unreasonable Delay in Paying Benefits | 04/03/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld an award of penalties to an injured worker for his employer’s unreasonable delay in paying benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Modifying Benefit Calculation | 04/03/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek enacted a bill to create a tiered structure for temporary total and permanent total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Office Ally Acquires Jopari Solutions to Expand Claims and Payments Network | 04/03/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Health care technology firm Office Ally announced on Thursday that it has acquired Jopari Solutions, a clearinghouse focused on property and casualty claims and electronic payments. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Increase in Worker's PPD Award | 04/03/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to an increase in her permanent partial disability award. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Worker's Claim of Not Receiving Full PPD Award | 04/03/2026 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a series of decisions by the Workers’ Compensation Commission denying a worker’s allegations that he had not been paid his award of permanent partial disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Ladder | 04/03/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for injuries from a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Former Police Officer Gets TTD for Post-Retirement Disability | 04/03/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a former police officer who became disabled years after he retired. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds VSSR Award for Worker's Conveyor Belt Accident | 04/02/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Ohio Supreme Court upheld a worker's enhanced award for injuries from a conveyor belt accident due to his employer's violation of a specific safety requirement. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Take-Nothing Judgment on Injured Longshoreman's Negligence Claim | 04/02/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld a take-nothing judgment on an injured longshoreman’s negligence claims. Case: Norman v. Kahn Schee...Read More | |||
