Workers' Compensation News
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Initial Filing of PFB Doesn't Toll Statute of Limitations After Voluntary Dismissal of Claims | 09/05/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that if an employee voluntarily dismisses his petition for benefits before the employer’s acceptance of compensability or the adjudication of any entitlement, the initial filing does not toll the statute of limitations. ...Read More | |||
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Judge's Finding of COVID Compensability Overturned | 09/05/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals overturned a judge’s determination that a lineman’s COVID-19 infection was work-related due to an erroneous factual finding. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Increase in Worker's PPD Award for Back Injury | 09/05/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an increase in a worker’s permanent partial disability award for a back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Cap on Reimbursement for Medical Claims Increasing to $2,600 | 09/05/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon employers can reimburse carriers for up to $2,600 in medical costs on accepted, nondisabling claims next year, the Division of Workers' Compensation announced. ...Read More | |||
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Ex-Correctional Officer Accuses County of Fabricating Fraud Charges | 09/04/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former Northern California correctional officer claims Tehama County officials framed her for insurance fraud after medical costs on her workers' compensation claims cleared $500,000. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Updates Fee Schedules | 09/04/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation announced fee schedule updates to conform to changes made by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. ...Read More | |||
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SAIF Declares $50M Dividend | 09/04/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The board of directors for Oregon work comp carrier SAIF Corp. declared a $50 million dividend. The carrier said more than 50,000 p...Read More | |||
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Defendants in Civil Suit Over Worker's Electrocution Get Partial Summary Judgment | 09/04/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court ruled that the defendants in a civil suit over a worker’s electrocution were entitled to partial summary judgment dismissing the claims against them and that the employer was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a third-party complaint against it. ...Read More | |||
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Jury's Finding of Permanent Disability Not Grossly Excessive | 09/04/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Maryland Appellate Court upheld a jury’s determination that a firefighter suffered a 63% permanent partial disability from a back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Mileage Reimbursements Properly Excluded From AWW Calculation | 09/04/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s average weekly wage was properly calculated as excluding the mileage reimbursements she received from her employer. ...Read More | |||
