Workers' Compensation News
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Former Postal Carrier Pleads Guilty to Fraud | 09/24/2025 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former postal carrier who worked for an accounting firm while receiving more than $500,000 in workers' compensation benefits pleaded guilty to fraud, federal prosecutors in North Carolina announced. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Celebrates 110th Birthday | 09/23/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Rating Bureau of California turned 110 on Monday. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Employer Can Deduct Taxes From Salary Continuation Benefits | 09/23/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that public employers may withhold federal taxes from salary continuation benefits paid to first responders injured in the line of duty. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Regulatory Meaning of 'Medical Reports' | 09/23/2025 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that the term “medical reports” is not limited to records prepared in the ordinary course of business. ...Read More | |||
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DLI Updates Fee Schedules | 09/23/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry announced annual updates to workers' compensation fee schedules and maximum fees for services provided on or after Oct. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Carrier's Request to Transfer Worker's Suit to Another County | 09/23/2025 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that an automobile insurance carrier was not entitled to writ relief transferring an injured worker’s lawsuit against it to another county. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Widow's Award for Worker's Fatal Brain Infection | 09/23/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits to a widow whose husband succumbed to a fungal brain infection. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Vocational Expert Can Use Personal Knowledge to Establish Available Positions for Worker | 09/23/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an employer was entitled to modify a worker’s benefits after it identified jobs within her capabilities that would enable her to increase her earning power. ...Read More | |||
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Franklin & Prokopik Sets Work Comp Seminar | 09/23/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Franklin & Prokopik firm is hosting a seminar on Oct. 9 covering issues in Maryland's workers' compensation system. The...Read More | |||
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DWC Lowers Discount Rate for Final Quarter of 2025 | 09/23/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation announced that the fourth quarter discount rate will be 7.12%. The discount rate is used to calcul...Read More | |||
