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The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the 6th District Court of Appeal to revisit a 2025 decision holding that equitable tolling can be used to extend the deadline for the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board to act on petitions for reconsideration in light of the high court's recent decision in Mayor.
The high court in November 2025 granted a petition to review the 6th DCA's August 2025 ruling in City of Salinas et al. v. WCAB,… Read more »
A federal court in California dismissed a retaliation complaint that a worker filed against Amazon, saying it was sparsely detailed, hard to follow and failed to adequately allege the requisite elements of his various claims.
Khoja Sohil Samadi, in a complaint initially filed in Sacramento County Superior Court, alleged that he was injured when a… Read more »
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that laws allowing employers and carriers to recover death benefits paid to the families of deceased workers are not unconstitutional.
"This historical exclusion of the rights of indemnity and subrogation in death benefit claims did not offend the Oklahoma Constitution, nor do their inclusion today," the court said… Read more »News: WEST
The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California announced Wednesday that insurers, agents and brokers can access recently published experience modifications for Jan. 1 policy renewals.
The WCIRB said it has published more than 93% of the 2027 X-mods and that insurers, agents and brokers have multiple ways to access the figures.
Parties that use WCIRB Connect can view the… Read more »
The State of Alabama has filed yet another lawsuit against the Muscle Shoals Music Foundation, which is suspected of failing to maintain workers’ compensation coverage for its employees.
The complaint was filed in Colbert County Circuit Court by the Alabama Department of Workforce in September, according to a report by Fox 54 News. It's the third state lawsuit against the… Read more »The Delaware Department of Insurance announced an average 3.99% loss cost reduction, effective Dec. 1.
The department also announced that the residual market will see an average rate reduction of 4.11%.
The department said this is the 10th consecutive rate reduction. It also noted that the new rates will take effect the same day as Senate Bill 248.
The bill updates the Workplace Safety Program to ensure that employers can access full premium… Read more »
California’s Uninsured Employers Benefits Trust Fund serves an important function: to cover treatment and benefits for injured workers whose employers illegally failed to secure comp coverage.
Unfortunately, UEBTF can make it an administrative nightmare for… Read more »
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