Workers' Compensation News
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Governor Approves Returning Comp Judges to DWD, Vetoes Contractor Status for Uber Drivers | 08/12/2025 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill bringing workers' compensation judges back to the Department of Workforce Development. The governor on Frida...Read More | |||
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NCCI Proposes 13.5% Rate Cut | 08/12/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending that the West Virginia Office of the Insurance Commissioner reduce voluntary market loss costs by 13.5%. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Increases Payroll Cap, Closes Second Injury Fund, Requires ODG Formulary | 08/11/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Nevada will nearly triple the payroll cap used to calculate workers’ compensation premiums and close one of its second injury funds to new claims, under a wide-ranging reform bill. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Closure of Worker's Claim, Denial of Expansion | 08/11/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the closure of a worker’s claim, the denial of his requests for additional treatment and the denial of his request to expand the scope of his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Defendant in Civil Suit May Designate Worker's Employer as Responsible Third Party | 08/11/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a defendant in a civil suit should have been allowed to designate an injured worker’s employer as a responsible third party. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Intentional Tort Claim Against Employer Revived | 08/11/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court revived a worker’s intentional tort claim against his employer for his injuries from a lawn mower accident. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Self-Insurance Trust's Claims Against Excess Insurance Carrier | 08/11/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a group self-insurance trust’s claims against its excess insurance carrier were properly dismissed and that it was not entitled to amend its complaint against other defendants. ...Read More | |||
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Rating Bureau Posts Updated Loss-Sensitive Advisory Plan Tables | 08/08/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released updated loss-sensitive advisory plan tables for policies taking effect on or after Sept. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can Recover Medical Costs Covered by Non-Intervening Health Carrier | 08/08/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court held that an injured worker can assert a direct claim for medical expenses paid by her insurer despite the carrier's failure to intervene in the comp case. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Worker's 5% PPD Award | 08/08/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that an injured worker was entitled to only a 5% permanent partial disability award. ...Read More | |||
