Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Not Entitled to Include Wrist Injury in Claim | 07/10/2025 | |
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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 request to expand the scope of her claim for a left wrist injury. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves Direct Deposit, Funding Increase for Safety Inspections | 07/10/2025 | |
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State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer signed a bill allowing benefit payments to be made by direct deposit and increasing funding for the safety and inspection functions of the Division of Industrial Affairs. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI: Data Doesn't Support Presumption for Hospital Workers | 07/09/2025 | |
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Injuries that would be presumed compensable for hospital workers under a bill pending in the Assembly occur at similar rates — and are denied at similar rates — as those for the general workforce, according to a new report by the California Workers' Compensation Institute. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Forming Rulemaking Advisory Committee | 07/09/2025 | |
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division announced that it is forming a rulemaking advisory committee to review issues relating to claims administration and recently enacted legislation. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Appoints Commissioner, Arbitrators | 07/09/2025 | |
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State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the appointment of a workers' compensation commissioner and nine arbitrators. The governor appointe...Read More | |||
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Trial Court Has Jurisdiction to Enforce Judgment Against State Insurance Fund | 07/09/2025 | |
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A New York appellate court ruled that the Supreme Court had jurisdiction over a motion to enforce a money judgment against State Insurance Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Emergency Room Nurse's Claim for COVID-19 Infection Denied | 07/09/2025 | |
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
An Ohio appellate court upheld a judge’s order striking the affidavit by a nurse’s medical expert on causation as well as summary judgment dismissing her claim that she had contracted COVID-19 at work. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Worker's 13% PPD Award | 07/09/2025 | |
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State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to a 13% permanent partial disability award. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Holding Quarterly Meeting Tuesday | 07/09/2025 | |
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
Officials from the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation will recap work comp bills discussed and enacted during the legislative session that ended June 2 during a quarterly stakeholder meeting for carriers and providers Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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No Duty Disability Retirement Benefits for Police Chief Injured in Car Accident | 07/09/2025 | |
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State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the denial of duty disability retirement benefits to a police chief for her injuries from a single-vehicle accident while commuting to work. ...Read More | |||
