Workers' Compensation News
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QME Exam Scheduled for October | 07/16/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation announced that it is accepting applications for the next qualified medical evaluator examination, being held Oct. 4-10. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds Grant of Duty Disability Pension for State Trooper | 07/16/2025 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A divided Rhode Island Supreme Court upheld a determination that a state trooper was entitled to a duty disability pension. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Add Multiple Conditions to Claim, but Court Remands for Reconsideration of One | 07/16/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker's attempt to add multiple conditions to his claim but ruled that the Board of Review had to reconsider the compensability of his thoracic disc displacement. ...Read More | |||
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DOL Reduces Penalties for Safety Violations | 07/16/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor announced rules allowing a 15% reduction in penalties for employers that immediately address or correct a workplace safety violation. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Employer's Termination of Benefits | 07/16/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that an employer was entitled to terminate its payment of benefits to a worker and that he was not entitled to an award of fees and costs. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Ladder Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 07/16/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder. Case:...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Ask GAO to Probe FECA | 07/16/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A pair of Republican lawmakers on the House Education and Workforce Committee are asking the U.S. Government Accountability Office to examine the integrity and efficiency of the workers' compensation program for federal workers. ...Read More | |||
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Sawmill Worker's Fingertip Loss Leads to Fines | 07/16/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington Department of Labor & Industries levied fines totaling $153,000 against a sawmill operator with a history of safety violations after a worker lost a fingertip in a machine mishap. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Approves 8.7% Rate Increase, First Since 2015 | 07/15/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The workers' compensation pure premium advisory rate will increase 8.7%, effective Sept. 1, the first rate hike in California since the start of 2015. ...Read More | |||
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IWCC Announces Death of Justice Thomas E. Hoffman | 07/15/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission announced the death of appellate court Justice Thomas E. Hoffman. Hoffman, a longtime member of t...Read More | |||
