Workers' Compensation News
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CWCI: Data Doesn't Support Presumption for Hospital Workers | 07/09/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Injuries that would be presumed compensable for hospital workers under a bill pending in the Assembly occur at similar rates — and are denied at similar rates — as those for the general workforce, according to a new report by the California Workers' Compensation Institute. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Forming Rulemaking Advisory Committee | 07/09/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division announced that it is forming a rulemaking advisory committee to review issues relating to claims administration and recently enacted legislation. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Appoints Commissioner, Arbitrators | 07/09/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the appointment of a workers' compensation commissioner and nine arbitrators. The governor appointe...Read More | |||
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Trial Court Has Jurisdiction to Enforce Judgment Against State Insurance Fund | 07/09/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Supreme Court had jurisdiction over a motion to enforce a money judgment against State Insurance Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Emergency Room Nurse's Claim for COVID-19 Infection Denied | 07/09/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a judge’s order striking the affidavit by a nurse’s medical expert on causation as well as summary judgment dismissing her claim that she had contracted COVID-19 at work. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Worker's 13% PPD Award | 07/09/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to a 13% permanent partial disability award. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Holding Quarterly Meeting Tuesday | 07/09/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Officials from the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation will recap work comp bills discussed and enacted during the legislative session that ended June 2 during a quarterly stakeholder meeting for carriers and providers Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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No Duty Disability Retirement Benefits for Police Chief Injured in Car Accident | 07/09/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the denial of duty disability retirement benefits to a police chief for her injuries from a single-vehicle accident while commuting to work. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Invalidates Cap on Attorney Fees in Appeals | 07/08/2025 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that a statutory cap on attorney fees enacted in 1987 does not apply to appeals. The high court said the ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Employer Entitled to Defense, Indemnification in Civil Suit by Paralyzed Worker | 07/08/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A divided Louisiana appellate court ruled that a coal yard operator and cargo transport provider had a duty to defend and indemnify an employer from a civil suit by a worker left paralyzed by an industrial accident. ...Read More | |||
