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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Security Fund cannot be subjected to attorney fees because it does not fall within the statutory definition of an “insurer.”
Randall Parrish worked for Yeager Supply Inc. He suffered injuries at work in August 1998.
Ten years later, he entered into a compromise and release agreement with Yeager in which the company agreed to pay for all reasonable and necessary… Read more »
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 12% permanent partial disability award to a worker for his loss of grip strength due to a compensable injury.
Case: Alliance Coal LLC v. Carte, No. 25-ICA-284, 02/03/2026, published.
Facts: Ashley Carte worked for Alliance Coal LLC as an underground fire boss. He injured his arm at work in May 2022, but he did not seek medical treatment until October 2022 because he had thought his injury would resolve on its… Read more »A New York appellate court upheld the establishment of a worker’s occupational disease claim for her… Read more »
The California Department of Insurance on Monday announced that people associated with two vocational… Read more »
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The Georgia Supreme Court this month disbarred a claimants’ attorney who forged his clients’ signatures on checks and stole $159,615 in proceeds for his own purposes.
Bryan Matthew Pritchett failed to participate in the disciplinary proceedings, so he was deemed to have admitted the factual allegations and disciplinary violations… Read more »
State Compensation Insurance Fund president and CEO Vern Steiner is among the handful of California state executives earning more than $1 million a year, according to a report by the Sacramento Bee.
The newspaper reports that a spokesperson said the carrier's board of directors determines the president's salary based on several factors, including an analysis of… Read more »Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would revise how temporary and permanent disability benefits are calculated.
Currently, benefits are equal to two-thirds of an injured worker's wage and capped at 133% of the state's average weekly wage. Injured workers must receive at least 90% of their weekly wage or $50 a week, whichever is less.
SB 1519 would… Read more »
A bill introduced in West Virginia on Monday would adopt a nearly 40-year-old federal standard for determining whether a worker is an employee or a contractor.
SB 1073 would repeal state-specific statutes that require a person to sign a written contract, retain control over the final result of the work and satisfy other criteria to be… Read more »
The Nevada Division of Insurance has approved a 21.6% increase in workers' compensation loss costs, effective March 1, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance.
The change reflects Nevada-specific cost pressures rather than a broader market shift, the NCCI said in a statement. The Nevada Department of Insurance did… Read more »
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