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The Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled that an employer wrongfully refused to rehire an injured employee who was cleared to return to work.
Bruce Belland Trucking Inc. is a company that harvests, hauls and sells wood. Mark Maney worked for Belland as a loader/truck driver.
Maney injured his knee at work in February 2018 and underwent surgery. Maney was released to return to work without restrictions as of April 18, 2018.
On April 16, 2018, Maney informed Belland that he was cleared to return to work in two days but that he would be… Read more »
The Los Angeles County Superior Court erred when it found that California's insurance commissioner could require an insurer of last resort to offer incidental workers' compensation as part of its basic property insurance, an appeals court ruled.
In 2021, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued an order directing the California FAIR Plan Association to include premises liability and incidental workers' compensation coverage in homeowners' policies.
The… Read more »A divided federal appellate court upheld an award of black lung benefits to a miner’s widow.
Case: Clinchfield Coal… Read more »
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker's request to expand her claim.
Case: Walker v.… Read more »
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A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of claims by a worker who said he was injured while working aboard a navigable vessel.
Case: Badloo v. City of New York, No. 2025-01110, 11/26/2025, published.
Facts: Deoraj Badloo allegedly suffered injuries while performing electrical maintenance work on a vessel owned by the City of New York.
HNY Ferry… Read more »
A companion measure to a proposal to explicitly provide workers' compensation coverage for volunteer firefighters and paramedics injured during fundraising events was introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Rep. Robert Freeman, D-Easton, on Monday introduced HB 2087, which would declare that volunteer firefighters and paramedics are considered… Read more »A Washington state lawmaker introduced legislation that would explicitly prohibit employers from steering injured workers to a specific provider by making such conduct a violation of good faith claims-handling laws.
Injured workers in Washington are allowed to choose any provider from the network administered… Read more »
The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions opened registration for its 2026 Forum, set for April 20-22 in Greenville, South Carolina.
The annual event features roundtable discussions and educational presentations while also providing an opportunity for IAIABC committees and councils to… Read more »
Jopari Solutions on Tuesday announced a partnership with J.P. Morgan to facilitate electronic claim payments across the health care and property and casualty industries.
The initiative aims to simplify how payments are issued and received by adding infrastructure from J.P. Morgan's business and health care payment… Read more »
In the latest example of how indefensibly corrupt California’s workers’ compensation system has become, a former San Francisco city official pleaded guilty to embezzling $627,118 from municipal coffers by paying a fake company to “audit” workers’ comp… Read more »
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