Workers' Compensation News
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Worker's Challenge to Dismissal of Civil Suit Fails for Lack of Jurisdiction | 08/28/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals found that it lacked jurisdiction over a worker’s challenge to the dismissal of his civil suit for injuries he sustained at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Bill to Extend SCIF Investment Authority | 08/27/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The California Senate passed an annual omnibus bill that includes a provision that permanently extends the authority of State Compensation Insurance Fund to make certain investments. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Proposes Amendments to SIB Rules | 08/27/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation proposed amendments that it says will better align the language of its supplemental income benefit rules with statutory requirements. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Schedules Hearing on Benefit Fund Assessment | 08/27/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division is holding a hearing Sept. 18 to discuss the annual assessment that finances the Workers’ Benefit Fund. ...Read More | |||
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IWCC: Documentary Evidence Must Be in Paper Form | 08/27/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission said in an email that the state's rules of evidence apply to its proceedings and that all documentary evidence must be submitted in paper form. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding of Compensability for Worker's Injuries but Overturns Award | 08/27/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a worker’s back and shoulder injuries but overturned his award of benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Timely Asserts Claims Against Alleged Statutory Employers | 08/27/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker timely asserted a claim against his alleged statutory employers and that his employer’s insurance carrier should not have been dismissed as a party to the claim. ...Read More | |||
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Credibility Question Prevents Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 08/27/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court said triable issues with a worker’s credibility warranted a denial of summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies State Fund Summary Judgment in Dispute Over AWW Calculation | 08/27/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana’s Workers’ Compensation Court denied a motion by State Fund seeking summary judgment as to the accuracy of the temporary total disability benefits paid to an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Proposes MTUS Update | 08/26/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation is proposing to update the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule to adopt four of the latest guidelines published by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. ...Read More | |||
