Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Create Fraud Assessment Commission | 05/16/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York lawmaker introduced a bill that would create a workers’ compensation fraud assessment commission to provide funding for investigations and prosecutions. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs PEO Bill | 05/16/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill replacing the term “worker leasing company” with “professional employer organization." ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Reproductive Toxicity Claim From Solvent Exposure | 05/16/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a worker for her neurological and pulmonary injuries from solvent exposure, and it upheld the denial of benefits for the worker’s reproductive toxicity claim. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Attorney Gets Attendant Care Services, Penalty, Benefits Without Offset | 05/16/2025 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an injured attorney was entitled to an award of attendant care and a penalty, and that his former employer was not entitled to an offset of the benefits owed. ...Read More | |||
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Firefighter Proves Compensability of Knee Injury | 05/16/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a firefighter’s knee injury. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Partial Summary Judgment | 05/16/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a partial grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim but said other portions of the case should have been dismissed. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Projects Highest Combined Ratio in 14 Years | 05/15/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California projected a 2024 accident year combined ratio of 123%, 10 percentage points higher than the year before and the highest ratio in 14 years. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Marijuana Use Didn't Contribute to Fall From Roof | 05/15/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the denial of an injured worker’s claim for benefits because he failed to prove his use of marijuana had not contributed to the accident. ...Read More | |||
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Zurich Names Bennett Himes Head of Underwriting for U.S. Middle Market | 05/15/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Zurich North America announced that Bennett Himes joined the company as the new head of underwriting for the U.S. middle market. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Not Entitled to Renew Prior Motion for Summary Judgment | 05/15/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier’s motion to renew its prior motion for summary judgment was properly denied. ...Read More | |||
