Workers' Compensation News
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Assembly Committee Passes Contractor Coverage Measure | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A committee in the California Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would require the Contractors State License Board to report on violations of work comp coverage requirements. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Says Retaliatory Firing Illegal Only if Employer is Trying to Avoid Liability for Claim | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Indiana Supreme Court held that a trial court should have dismissed a teacher's case alleging she was fired in retaliation for contemplating filing a workers' compensation claim because she failed to allege the district was exclusveily motivated by a desire not to pay the claim. ...Read More | |||
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Corrections Worker Indicated for Stealing Comp Benefits | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York woman working as a correctional officer was indicated for allegedly stealing more than $43,000 in workers' compensation benefits over four years by not reporting she was running a small business. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Social Worker's Claim for Eye Shingles | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld the denial of a social worker’s claim seeking benefits for shingles of the eye. ...Read More | |||
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Rotator Cuff Tear Gets Added as Compensable Condition of Worker's Claim | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a right rotator cuff tear needed to be added as a compensable condition to a worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Partial Dismissal of Labor Law Claim by Worker Struck by Falling Materials | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment dismissing part of a worker’s Labor Law action. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Awards Worker Penalty for Carrier's Unreasonable Calculation of Benefits | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Supreme Court ruled that a worker with multiple jobs was entitled to a penalty for an insurance carrier’s unreasonable calculation of the benefits owed for a period when he was unable to work at any position. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Updates Durable Goods Section of Fee Schedule | 06/25/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order adjusting the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to conform to changes made by Medicare. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgments for Labor Law Defendants Reversed | 06/25/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law claim should not have been granted summary judgment on two of the three causes of action that were dismissed by a trial justice. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Eliminates Revenue-Neutral Requirement for Fee Schedule Updates | 06/25/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont enacted a bill eliminating the requirement that medical fee schedule updates be revenue-neutral. The governor on M...Read More | |||
