Workers' Compensation News
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Deadline for Recon Doesn't Implicate Fundamental Jurisdiction, Is Subject to Equitable Tolling | 08/21/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court rejected a request to wait until the state Supreme Court clarifies the deadline for the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board to act on petitions for reconsideration, and said the 60-day window can be disregarded when the three elements of equitable tolling are satisf...Read More | |||
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Bill to Allow Review for Contract Disputes Heads to Senate Floor | 08/21/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would allow independent bill review to resolve disputes related to contract discounts or reductions is heading to the California Senate floor after a determination that the measure would have insignificant costs for the state. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Says Carrier Must Indemnify Property Owner but Doesn't Owe Fees | 08/21/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that an insurance company had a duty to indemnify a property owner in a state court action by an injured worker, but it was not liable for a fee award. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Ladder Accident | 08/21/2025 | |
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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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Employer Liable for Penalties for Failing to Pay Pharmacy | 08/21/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an assessment of penalties against an employer for failing to pay a pharmacy service the full amount awarded by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Medical Fee Review Section. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Can't Recover Benefits Sent to Worker as Overpayments | 08/21/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that the temporary total disability benefits sent to a worker after she had returned to work did not constitute overpayments that an insurance carrier could recover. ...Read More | |||
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Agreement Compels Arbitration for Wrongful Death of Unborn Child | 08/21/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court said a trial court erred in denying a motion to compel arbitration by finding that a woman suing over the death of her unborn son was a transportation worker and exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act. ...Read More | |||
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Appropriations Committee Sends SIBTF, Felony Fraud Bills to Suspense File | 08/20/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Senate Appropriations Committee put a hold on bills that would revise processes relating to second injury fund claims and allow prosecutors to charge self-referral schemes as a felony or misdemeanor. ...Read More | |||
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Custodian Gets Award for Multiple Injuries, but Not Total Disability | 08/20/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld an award of benefits to a custodian with a long history of health ailments, as well as a determination that he was not permanently and totally disabled. ...Read More | |||
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Doug Cogan Elected to Texas Mutual Board | 08/20/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. policyholders elected Doug Cogan to the carrier's board of directors for a six-year term. ...Read More | |||
