Workers' Compensation News
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WCIRB Holds Annual Conference July 17 | 04/18/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California is holding its 2025 Annual Conference on July 17. The WCIRB said this...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Bill to Discontinue Group Self-Insurance | 04/18/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Senate unanimously passed a bill that would prohibit the Department of Insurance from certifying new group self-insured plans after Sept. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Prohibits Using X-Mods to Disallow Bids | 04/18/2025 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed a bill prohibiting state agencies from using experience rating to preclude a business from submitting a bid for a contract. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Standard to Rebut Presumption of Retirement for PTD Worker | 04/18/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court clarified the standard of proof and evidence necessary for a worker to rebut the statutory presumption that she would have left the labor market at the age of 67 were she not permanently and totally disabled by an occupational injury. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Allows Physical Therapists, Physician Assistants to Treat Injured Workers | 04/18/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte enacted legislation allowing physician assistants and physical therapists to serve as injured workers' treating physicians. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Duct Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 04/18/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a falling piece of ductwork should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Coal Mine Worker Gets Benefits for Cumulative Trauma Injuries | 04/18/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a coal mine worker’s cumulative trauma injuries. Case: M...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Jury Verdict Denying Worker's Occupational Disease Claim | 04/18/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict denying a worker’s occupational disease claim. Case: Department ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB to Recommend 11.2% Rate Hike | 04/17/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Governing Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Wednesday voted 8-1 to recommend that the California insurance commissioner increase the advisory pure premium rate by 11.2% for policies incepting on or after Sept. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Allowing L&I to Administer Claims for Decertified Self-Insurers | 04/17/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Wednesday signed a bill allowing the state Department of Labor and Industries to administer and pay workers’ compensation claims when a self-insured employer has been decertified. ...Read More | |||
