The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that an employer paid the correct amount of a worker’s award for medical benefits, and a circuit court judge erred in finding otherwise.
Case: Jenkins v. McLaughlin Body Co., No. 4-25-0962, 09/02/2026, published.
Facts and procedural history: Cory Jenkins worked for the McLaughlin Body Co. He filed a workers’ compensation claim for an alleged injury suffered in February 2016.
An arbitrator found the injury compensable. The arbitrator determined that… Read more »
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced that a jury convicted a former postal worker of perpetrating a 25-year fraud scheme that netted at least $900,000 in workers' compensation benefits.
A federal jury on Friday convicted Luann Middleton, 72, of wire fraud in connection with her repeated submission of false workers' compensation forms, prosecutors… Read more »
The Industrial Commission of Arizona announced that a handful of bills lawmakers enacted earlier this year that directly affect its operations and organizations took effect Saturday.
SB 1135 increased the maximum statutory allowance for burial expenses to $10,000 from $5,000.
SB 1136 requires paying death benefits to the surviving spouse of a first responder until the spouse dies. Death benefits… Read more »Sep 24, 2026
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