Workers' Compensation News
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Preferred Employers Insurance Names Kimberly Wagner an Assistant Vice President | 09/22/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Preferred Employers Insurance appointed Kimberly Wagner assistant vice president of product and underwriting. ...Read More | |||
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Physician, Practitioner Section of Fee Schedule Updated | 09/22/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation updated the physician and practitioner section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to incorporate Medicare's fourth quarter changes. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Announces EAC Appointments | 09/22/2025 | |
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| California Division of Workers’ Compensation Administrative Director George Parisotto appointed two new members to the committee tasked with investigating complaints of judicial misconduct. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Commission Improperly Drew Down Letter of Credit, Must Return Unused Funds | 09/22/2025 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Commission improperly drew down a $1.8 million letter of credit posted to cover claims against a bankrupt self-insured textile company and ordered the employer's successor to recover the unused funds. ...Read More | |||
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Lyft Pays $19.4M in Driver Misclassification Case | 09/22/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Department of Labor announced that Lyft paid $19.4 million into various funds after an audit found that the ride-hailing company misclassified more than 100,000 drivers as independent contractors from 2014 to 2017. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Car Crashes 70% More Costly Than Average Lost-Time Claim | 09/22/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Motor vehicle accidents account for about 5% of lost-time claims but 10% of their costs, according to a new analysis by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Disability Guidelines, Denial of Medication | 09/22/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court rejected a worker’s constitutional challenge to the application of an official disability manual to her case and affirmed the denial of compensability for her long-standing pain medication prescription. ...Read More | |||
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Court Again Overturns Denial of PTD Benefits for Worker Hit by Car | 09/22/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned, for the second time, a denial of permanent total disability benefits for a worker with physical and psychiatric limitations from being hit by a car. ...Read More | |||
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Court Raises Fee Awards for Workers Who Prevail at Trial, on Appeal | 09/22/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld benefits for a worker’s back injury and ruled that the appropriate award of fees incurred by a worker who prevails at trial and on appeal should be increased to $7,500. ...Read More | |||
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Excavating Company Fined $140,500 for Knowingly Putting Workers in Danger | 09/22/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Washington Department of Labor and Industries inspector took spontaneous action to stop activity on a construction site when he noticed workers in an inadequately protected trench. ...Read More | |||
