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Inpatient hospitalization rates stabilized in 2024 after nearly a decade of steady declines, while spinal surgeries resumed a long-term downward trend after a brief interruption during the pandemic, the California Workers' Compensation Institute said in a report published Thursday.
Overall, workers' compensation represents a small share of hospital care, accounting for 10,322 of the 2.7 million inpatient discharges in 2024. Work comp inpatient… Read more »
A Florida appellate court reinstated a worker’s petition for benefits, finding it was timely filed within one year of his last receipt of authorized medical treatment.
Case: Leighton v. Kratos Logistics LLC, No. 1D2024-2569, 05/06/2026, published.
Facts and procedural history: Brian Leighton worked as a delivery driver for Kratos Logistics. He suffered injuries at work on Feb. 9,… Read more »
A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claims for his injuries from being struck by a section of ceiling that fell.
Case: Perez v. ZZZ Carpentry Inc., Nos. 2022-04316/2022-09898, 04/15/2026, published.
Facts: Osiel Perez allegedly suffered injuries while working on a construction project at a… Read more »News: NORTH
A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claim due to his repeated failure to appear for a deposition.
Case: Bryant v. Boston Properties Inc., No. 2021-08747, 04/15/2026, published.
Facts: Wilbert Bryant allegedly suffered injuries while working on a construction project at a commercial property owned by Boston… Read more »
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a coal mine worker’s bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome.
Case: Blackhawk Mining LLC v. Albright, No. 25-ICA-315, 04/07/2026, published.
Facts: Larry Albright worked for Blackhawk Mining LLC as a coal mine roof bolter. The job required him to… Read more »
The Colorado Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would expand presumptive coverage for firefighters with cancer and make it harder for employers to rebut the presumption that the conditions arose from employment.
The Senate on Thursday voted 22-13 to pass SB 184, which would add coverage for Parkinson's disease.
Additionally, the bill would replace the current organ-system-based… Read more »
South Carolina lawmakers voted to send the governor a bill that would add coverage for strokes to the law that presumes heart and respiratory diseases are compensable for firefighters.
The Senate on Wednesday passed H 3163, which would also expand the list of activities covered by the presumption.
Current law presumes that heart disease and respiratory disease that… Read more »Here are a few notable items for your consideration.
Claim costs are up, driven by indemnity and medical expenses, but — and it is a BIG but — medical cost increases in comp have been significantly lower than in the real world: Medicaid, Medicare, group health and the exchanges.
Optum’s effort to sell its workers’ comp business seems to be ... stuck.… Read more »
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