Workers' Compensation News
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Water Removal Company Owner to Pay $15,944 for Operating Without Coverage | 10/06/2025 | |
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation announced that the owner of a water removal and restoration company was ordered to pay $15,944 in restitution for operating without comp coverage. ...Read More | |||
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P&T Committee Meets Oct. 15 | 10/03/2025 | |
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The committee that advises the California Division of Workers' Compensation on evidence-based changes to the prescription drug formulary will review pharmacy utilization data at its next meeting. ...Read More | |||
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Walters: Strengthen Cal/OSHA or Face New Comp Presumptions | 10/03/2025 | |
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
California columnist Dan Walters suggested employers need to do more to ensure that the Division of Occupational Safety and Health can enforce workplace safety rules if they don't want lawmakers...Read More | |||
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Court: Worker's Motion to Amend Consent Letter Should Have Been Denied | 10/03/2025 | |
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State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s motion to amend the language of a consent letter should have been denied because the proposal allowed her to receive a double recovery of legal fees. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes $50K Penalty for Failed Challenge to Firefighter Cancer Claims | 10/03/2025 | |
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
An Ohio lawmaker introduced legislation that would create a $50,000 penalty payable to firefighters whose employer loses an appeal of a benefit award on a presumptive cancer claim. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Lowers Benefit Fund Assessment | 10/03/2025 | |
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division lowered the assessment that funds certain benefits for injured workers to 1.8 cents per hour worked. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Grant of Worker's Motion to Strike Fraud Accusations | 10/03/2025 | |
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State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A Louisiana appellate court overturned the grant of a worker’s motion to strike a carrier’s accusation of fraud. Case...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds TTD Award for Worker's Wrist Injury | 10/03/2025 | |
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State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker for his wrist injury. Case: Autozon...Read More | |||
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Circuit Court Errs in Setting Aside Commission's Finding on Causation | 10/03/2025 | |
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State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a circuit court judge should not have overturned a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Commission that found a worker’s cervical spine injury was not causally related to her on-the-job accident. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Not Entitled to Line-of-Duty Death Benefits for Retired Firefighter's Fatal Heart Attack | 10/02/2025 | |
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State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld the denial of line-of-duty death benefits for a retired firefighter’s fatal heart attack. ...Read More | |||
