Workers' Compensation News
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Judge Can Hold UEGF Secondarily Liable for Claim Pending Worker's Presentation of Evidence | 09/15/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an injured worker does not need to submit evidence that he is not entitled to workers’ compensation in the employer's state for an order holding the Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund secondarily liable for benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Travel Reimbursement Rate Increases Jan. 1 | 09/15/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The reimbursement rate for injured workers who travel to medical appointments is increasing to 70 cents per mile from 67 cents per mile, effective Jan. 1, the Oregon Workers' Compensation Division announced. ...Read More | |||
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Kessler, Roxborough Reappointed to CHSWC | 09/12/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Shelley Kessler and Nicholas Roxborough were reappointed to four-year terms on the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Bills to Modify SIBTF, Heart Trouble Presumption Head to Governor | 09/12/2025 | |
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| The California Assembly voted to send the governor bills that would modify eligibility requirements for second-injury fund claims and give workers at state hospitals a presumption that heart trouble arose from employment. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Upholds Dismissal of Injured Worker's Discrimination Claims | 09/12/2025 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured worker’s disability discrimination claims. Jay Pemberto...Read More | |||
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Coal Mine Worker Fails to Prove Compensable Eye Injury | 09/12/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a coal mine worker’s claim for an eye injury. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding That Worker Recovered From Repetitive Trauma Injuries | 09/12/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a worker had suffered compensable repetitive trauma injuries from which he had fully recovered. ...Read More | |||
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CMS Hosting Set-Aside Reporting Webinar | 09/12/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will review the workers' compensation set-aside reporting process during an Oct. 1 webinar. T...Read More | |||
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Worker at World Trade Center Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claims | 09/12/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a World Trade Center Oculus worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claims. Case: ...Read More | |||
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IAIABC Offers EDI Training | 09/12/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions is offering electronic data interchange training. The EDI Claims...Read More | |||
