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The average rate charged for workers' compensation coverage in California stabilized during the first nine months of 2025, with no evidence of an immediate cost increase following the first rate hike in a decade, according to the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau.
Average charged rates fell steadily from $3.19 per $100 of payroll in 2014 to $1.56 in 2024, the WCIRB said in its latest quarterly experience report.
"Based on the first nine… Read more »
The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that an employer against whom a workers’ compensation claim has been made is an “interested party” entitled to confidential unemployment records concerning the claimant.
Case: Kollinger v. Miller Broach Inc., No. 368368, Washington v. Euclid Industries Inc., No. 368543, Bellamy v. Sundance Beverage Co., No. 368704, 12/16/2025, published.
Facts and procedural history: Christopher… Read more »A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board needed to revisit a worker’s request for… Read more »
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker missed the deadline to appeal the termination of his… Read more »
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a healthcare worker’s inhalation injury.
Case: West Virginia United Health System Inc. v. Miner, No. 25-ICA-247, 12/04/2025, published.
Facts: Brooke Miner worked for the West Virginia United Health System Inc. She filed a workers’ compensation claim asserting she had suffered injuries in January 2014 as a result of… Read more »
The California Division of Workers' Compensation announced that the Office of Administrative Law approved its rules to exempt certain treatments and prescriptions from utilization review.
The division said the regulations primarily implement UR exemptions under SB 1160 for certain treatment provided within the first 30 days after an injury, as well as an exemption for formulary drugs under AB… Read more »Advertisements
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