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Thursday, April 17, 2025

WCIRB to Recommend 11.2% Rate Hike

  • State: California
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The Governing Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Wednesday voted 8-1 to recommend that the California insurance commissioner increase the advisory pure

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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

County's Engagement in Interactive Process Defeats Discrimination Claim

  • State: California
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A California appeals court said a worker’s disability discrimination claim must fail as a matter of law because there was no dispute that her employer

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Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Contracted Work Length Makes Comp Exclusive Remedy for Injured Skylight Installer

  • State: California
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Workers’ compensation is the exclusive remedy for a man who was contracted to spend more than 52 hours on a residential skylight installation project but

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Monday, April 14, 2025

High Court Rejects City's Argument to Recover $106,000 in Overpayments to Firefighter

  • State: New York
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New York’s highest court rejected a city’s efforts to claw back $106,000 in overpayments to an injured firefighter.

The New York Court of Appeals held

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Friday, April 11, 2025

General Contractor Not Entitled to Summary Judgment, but Neither is Claimant

  • State: New York
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A New York appellate court ruled that a general contractor was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Labor Law claim against it and that

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

Committee Passes Bills to Increase PPD, Create Hospital Worker Presumption

  • State: California
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A California Senate committee on Wednesday passed bills that would require annual cost-of-living adjustments in permanent partial disability benefits and create a presumption that certain

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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Dispute Over Borrowed Employee Precludes Summary Judgement in Tort Claim

  • State: Illinois
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An Illinois appeals court reversed an order that dismissed a civil tort claim, remanding the case for the trial court to determine whether the person who allegedly

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Injured Worker Can Proceed With Claims for Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination

  • State: California
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A California appellate court upheld a trial judge’s decision to allow an injured worker to proceed with his claims of age and disability discrimination, wrongful

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Monday, April 7, 2025

No Benefits for Worker's Burn Injuries Due to Her Lack of Credibility

  • State: West Virginia
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits for a worker’s burn injuries due to her lack of credibility.

Tammy Chambers worked

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Friday, April 4, 2025

Speakers at CWCI Conference Say Reforms Are Coming but Not Likely in 2025

  • by Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
  • State: California
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Although the time for the next round of system reforms is coming, political observers speaking at the California Workers' Compensation Institute's 61st

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