Workers' Compensation News
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Court: Worker's Claim Was Time-Barred | 08/25/2026 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s cervical spine injury claim was time-barred. Case: Conrad v. Food Lio...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Aggravation Finding, Need for Surgery | 08/25/2026 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a compensable injury aggravated a worker’s preexisting ankle condition, which resulted in her need for surgery. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Civil Suit for Nurse's COVID Death | 08/25/2026 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of a civil suit against a hospital for the death of an immunocompromised emergency room nurse after she contracted COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Yale University Officer Charged With Fraud | 08/25/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A campus officer at the Yale University Police Department was arrested and charged with workers' compensation fraud, the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice announced. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Set to Publish 'Mayor' Decision | 08/24/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Supreme Court will answer whether the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board can apply equitable tolling to act on a petition for reconsideration beyond the 60 days allowed under the Labor Code in a decision set to be published at 10 a.m. Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Sacramento Bee Flags $30M in Revolving Fund Expenses | 08/24/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Sacramento Bee on Friday reported that the California Department of Industrial Relations has tapped into the revolving fund for projects and expenses that it could not connect to administering the state's workers' compensation system over the last six years. ...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Would Allow Naturopathic Doctors to Serve as PTPs | 08/24/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A recently amended bill would add naturopathic doctors to the list of providers who are allowed to serve as primary treating physicians in California's workers' compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Employer Waived Limitations Defense by Failing to Seek Relief | 08/24/2026 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Utah Supreme Court ruled that an employer waived a limitations defense by not seeking relief on it, and that an administrative law judge’s ruling on the issue did not preserve it for appeal. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Recommends 7.4% Rate Cut | 08/24/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending a 7.4% rate cut, effective Jan. 1, according to the Florida Phoenix. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Calculation of Employer's Responsibility for Pro Rata Share of Fees | 08/24/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that an employer’s responsibility for attorney fees incurred by a worker who pursued a third-party claim is initially subtracted from the amount available in subrogation from the amount the worker recovers, and that the employer is entitled to immediate reco...Read More | |||
