Workers' Compensation News
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Court: WCAB Lacks Jurisdiction Over Former NFL Player's Claim Against Falcons | 10/08/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court on Tuesday rejected the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's contention that it has jurisdiction over all claims filed by athletes who signed at least one contract in the state. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Airport Firefighter Presumption Bill | 10/08/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Firefighters at commercial airports regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration will be entitled to a series of rebuttable presumptions under a bill California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Not Entitled to Relief From Default Judgment in Dispute Over Premiums | 10/08/2025 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was not entitled to relief from a default judgment in a premium dispute with its insurance carrier. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Authorization of Nerve Blocks | 10/08/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the authorization of bilateral medial branch nerve blocks for a worker’s back injury. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Injuries From Unguarded Saw | 10/08/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from an unguarded, hand-held demolition saw. ...Read More | |||
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Ned Gaines Named Insurance Commissioner | 10/08/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Department of Business and Industry Director Kristopher Sanchez appointed Ned Gaines as Commissioner of the Nevada Division of Insurance, effective Oct. 6. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Gets Summary Dismissal of FELA Claim for Worker's Alleged Exposure to COVID-19 | 10/08/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld a grant of summary judgment dismissing a Federal Employers’ Liability Act claim for a worker’s death after his alleged on-the-job exposure to COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Newsom Orders SIBTF Reform Plan in Veto Message | 10/07/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Gavin Newsom, in vetoing a bill that would have revised eligibility criteria for the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund, ordered the Division of Workers' Compensation to prepare a reform plan for the beleaguered second injury program. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs QME Template, Heart Presumption Bills | 10/07/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills to revise the medical-legal process and to extend the heart trouble presumption to peace officers for the Department of State Hospitals and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. ...Read More | |||
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Double-Dipping Worker Gets Probation, $122,000 Restitution Order | 10/07/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A judge in Washington state ordered a man to repay the $122,000 he collected in workers' compensation benefits while working another job. Efrain A...Read More | |||
