Workers' Compensation News
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WCRI Webinar to Cover CompScope Findings | 09/08/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute is holding a free webinar Sept. 25 to cover its CompScope Benchmarks for Florida report and other recent research. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Excluded From LHWCA Properly Asserts Negligence Claims | 09/05/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court ruled that a maintenance worker injured while boarding a vessel at a yacht club can pursue tort claims against his employer. ...Read More | |||
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Uninsured Employer, Sacramento Park Ranger Bills Head to Governor | 09/05/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers voted to send Gov. Gavin Newsom bills that aim to help the state recover costs of claims filed against illegally uninsured employers and provide full-pay salary continuation benefits to local park rangers in Sacramento. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Statutes Preclude Daubert Challenges to EMA Opinions | 09/05/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a case of first impression, a Florida appellate court ruled that the statutory governing procedures for workers’ compensation mediation and hearings preclude a Daubert challenge to expert medical adviser opinions. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
