Workers' Compensation News
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Legislative Committees to Discuss Comp | 11/19/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Members of policy committees in both chambers of the Washington State Legislature will discuss workers' compensation issues at meetings on Dec. 5. ...Read More | |||
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Senator Introduces Disfigurement Benefit Bill | 11/19/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Pennsylvania state senator introduced legislation that would increase benefits for workers who suffer serious and permanently disfiguring injuries on the job. ...Read More | |||
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Flight Attendant Gets Benefits for Broken Finger | 11/19/2025 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld an award of benefits to a flight attendant for a broken finger. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim of Back Injury | 11/19/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim of injury to his back after less than a week on the job. ...Read More | |||
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School District Employee's Intentional Tort Suit Against Employer Gets Reinstated | 11/19/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court revived a school district employee’s intentional tort claim against her employer for her injuries from being attacked by a student. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Claim for Worker's Death from COVID-19 Complications | 11/18/2025 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Idaho Supreme Court upheld the denial of a widow’s workers’ compensation claim for her husband’s death from complications related to COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Employers Can't Request Hearings on Claims for Unpaid or Discontinued Benefits | 11/18/2025 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Idaho Supreme Court ruled that only an injured worker may make and file with the Industrial Commission an application requesting a hearing when the underlying claim relates to unpaid or discontinued compensation or income benefits. ...Read More | |||
| Governor Approves 15% Rate Decrease | 11/18/2025 | ||
| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon approved a 15% rate decrease for policies incepting in 2026. The governor's office said this is the third straight reduction. "Following a 6% reduction in 2024 and a 12% reduction in 2025, this new decrease brings the total industry base rate redu...Read More | |||
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Worker's Challenge to Denial of Claim Gets Dismissed for Lack of Jurisdiction | 11/18/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court dismissed a worker’s challenge to the denial of her claim due to a lack of jurisdiction. ...Read More | |||
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Court Dismisses Jail Employee's Civil Claims Arising from Inmate Assault | 11/18/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a jail employee’s civil claims arising from a sexual assault by an inmate should have been dismissed. ...Read More | |||
