Workers' Compensation News
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Man Faces Multiple Fraud Charges | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Louisiana Attorney General's Office said an information technology director for the state's 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals faces multiple charges relating to alleged work comp fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Exclusivity Shields Employer From Liability for Shovel Attack | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Illinois Appellate Court ruled that exclusivity shielded an employer from liability for injuries that a worker suffered in an attack by the owner’s mentally ill son. ...Read More | |||
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Health Care Worker Fails to Prove Compensable Back Injury | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim of injury to her back. Case: Melius v. Chapel Ridge Nurs...Read More | |||
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Court: Police Officer's Incapacity Exclusively Caused by Duty-Related Injury | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a police officer’s incapacitation was the exclusive result of her duty-related injury. Ca...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets 13% PPD Award for Neck Injury | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 13% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s injuries. Case: ...Read More | |||
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WCD Proposes Reducing Workers' Benefit Assessment | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division recommends lowering the Workers' Benefit Fund Assessment to 1.8 cents per hour from 2 cents per hour. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Pass Three Comp Bills | 09/08/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers voted to send the governor bills that would extend State Compensation Insurance Fund's discretionary investment authority, allow prosecutors to pursue felony or misdemeanor charges in kickback schemes, and clarify that proposed airport firefighter presumptions would apply...Read More | |||
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Kids' Chance of California Awards $323,365 in Scholarships | 09/08/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Kids' Chance of California announced that it awarded $323,365 in scholarships to 47 students for the 2025-26 academic year. This year's d...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Employer Not Entitled to Relief From Default Judgment | 09/08/2025 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Idaho Supreme Court ruled that an employer was not entitled to relief from a default judgment against it on a worker’s civil action brought under the “willful and unprovoked physical aggression” exception to the exclusive remedy rule. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Revives Claims of Former Tire Factory Workers for Asbestos Exposure | 09/08/2025 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided North Carolina Court of Appeals revived the claims on behalf of three former tire factory workers for their alleged asbestos-related injuries. ...Read More | |||
