Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Wrongfully Refuses to Rehire Injured Truck Driver | 12/10/2025 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled that an employer wrongfully refused to rehire an injured employee who was cleared to return to work. ...Read More | |||
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Jopari Partners With J.P. Morgan for Electronic Claim Payments | 12/10/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Jopari Solutions on Tuesday announced a partnership with J.P. Morgan to facilitate electronic claim payments across the health care and property and casualty industries. ...Read More | |||
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IAIABC Opens Registration for 2026 Forum | 12/10/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions opened registration for its 2026 Forum, set for April 20-22 in Greenville, South Carolina. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Authorize Penalties for Influencing Provider Choice | 12/10/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Washington state lawmaker introduced legislation that would explicitly prohibit employers from steering injured workers to a specific provider by making such conduct a violation of good faith claims-handling laws. ...Read More | |||
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Companion Bill Would Cover First Responders' Fundraising Injuries | 12/10/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A companion measure to a proposal to explicitly provide workers' compensation coverage for volunteer firefighters and paramedics injured during fundraising events was introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Upholds Award of Black Lung Benefits to Widow | 12/10/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided federal appellate court upheld an award of black lung benefits to a miner’s widow. Case: Clinchfield Coal Co...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Allege Viable Claims Under Jones Act, State Law | 12/10/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of claims by a worker who said he was injured while working aboard a navigable vessel. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Expand Claim | 12/10/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker's request to expand her claim. Case: Walker v. Goodwill Industri...Read More | |||
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Court: WCAB Has Duty to Flesh Out Witness Statements When Workers Can't Speak | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board had a duty to develop the record and ensure that qualified medical evaluators received witness statements regarding a worker before denying a petition for reconsideration, a California appellate court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Municipalities Brace for Costs of Presumption Changes | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Municipalities are bracing for the costs of a measure lawmakers passed during a special session that explicitly states harmful exposure is not required for presumptive lung disease claims, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
