The Washington Court of Appeals upheld an offset against a worker’s temporary total disability benefits based on her receipt of Social Security disability insurance benefits.
Case: Smith-Gill v. Department of Labor & Industries, No. 60535-0-II. 08/04/2026, unpublished.
Facts and procedural history: Kimberly Smith-Gill contracted… Read more »
An Ohio appellate court partially revived a Bureau of Workers' Compensation employee’s claim of disability discrimination against his employer.
Case: O’Brien v. BWC, No. 25AP-608, 08/04/2026, published.
Facts: Hagen O’Brien worked for the Bureau of Workers' Compensation as a specialist handling cases involving interstate… Read more »
A federal appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier did not have a duty to defend an employer from a lawsuit by the estate of a worker who was killed on the job.
Case: Insurance Co. of the West v. High Performance Alloys Inc., No. 25-1327, 08/04/2026, published.
Facts: Insurance Co. of the West issued a workers’ compensation and employers’… Read more »
A Pennsylvania appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a satellite dish installer was an employee, not an independent contractor, but that Dish Network should not have been held liable as his statutory employer because an insurer’s agent falsely certified that workers' compensation coverage was in place.
According to the ruling in J&S… Read more »
A federal appellate court denied an employer’s petition for review of an award of black lung benefits to its employee.
Case: Bluff Spur Coal Corp. v. OWCP, No. 24-2181, 08/04/2026, unpublished.
Facts and procedural history: An administrative law judge awarded black lung benefits to Frederick Bateman, payable by Bluff Spur Coal Corp.
The ALJ premised the award on… Read more »
The California Assembly Appropriations Committee sent to its suspense file a bill that aims to reduce premium fraud by allowing insurers and the Employment Development Department to compare wage data.
SB 536, by Sen. Bob Archuletta, D-Pico Rivera, would allow carriers to submit wage records and employee counts and require EDD to identify discrepancies in the submitted… Read more »Aug 8, 2026
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