Workers' Compensation News
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ICA Posts New Form for Notice of Claim Status | 07/25/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Industrial Commission of Arizona announced that carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured employers have 90 days to transition to using a new claim status notice form. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Warrantless Search Condition for Premium Fraud Conviction | 07/24/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court found no problem with an order requiring a business owner convicted of cheating a work comp carrier and state tax collectors to submit to warrantless searches as a term of probation. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Upholds Award of Black Lung Benefits to Miner's Widow | 07/24/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| A federal appellate court denied an employer’s petition for review of an award of Black Lung Act benefits to a coal miner’s widow. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Claim Fails Due to Lack of Causal Link Between Employment, Complaints | 07/24/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the denial of a worker’s claim due to her failure to link her ongoing complaints to her employment. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Nurse's Claim for Repetitive Use Injury | 07/24/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a nurse’s claim for repetitive use injuries, finding that the Workers’ Compensation Board used the wrong standard for denying the claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Authorization for Worker's Shoulder Surgery | 07/24/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of authorization for a worker’s requested shoulder surgery. ...Read More | |||
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DWC, Ethics Committee Disagree Over Judicial Misconduct Findings in 2024 | 07/23/2025 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Division of Workers' Compensation and an advisory committee tasked with monitoring judicial misconduct are at odds over the results of investigations conducted in 2024. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Board OKs Excluding Overtime From Supplemental Benefit Calculation | 07/23/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Connecticut's labor board dismissed a complaint alleging that a city violated the Municipal Employee Relations Act by excluding overtime earnings when calculating work comp benefits due to an injured police officer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Publishes Finding That Worker With 2nd Job Gets Only TPD Benefits | 07/23/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has ordered publication of its decision from earlier this year that found an Amazon employee was entitled only to temporary partial disability benefits after an injury because he remained able to work. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Denies Employer's Petition for Review of Black Lung Benefits Award | 07/23/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court denied an employer’s petition for review of a Black Lung Act Benefits award to a miner. Case:&nbs...Read More | |||
