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Monday, March 3, 2025

Chesapeake Announces $55 Million Dividend, 8% Rate Decrease

  • State: Maryland
  • Topic: SOUTH
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The board of directors for Maryland's Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Co. declared the company's highest-ever policyholder dividend of $55 million for 2025.

At the same time,

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Monday, March 3, 2025

Noncompliance With Treatment Breaks Causal Chain Between Injury, Need for Care

  • State: Texas
  • Topic: SOUTH
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A Texas appellate court upheld a determination that a worker’s noncompliance with treatment for her compensable injury was the cause of her ongoing need for

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Monday, March 3, 2025

DWC Provides Update on Virtual Courtroom Transition

  • State: California
  • Topic: WEST
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation said all mandatory settlement conferences, status conferences, lien conferences and priority conferences will be moved to the CourtCall video

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Monday, March 3, 2025

Supreme Court Upholds PPD Award, Remands Constitutional Challenge

  • State: Kentucky
  • Topic: SOUTH
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The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld an award of permanent partial disability benefits for an injured electrician and remanded to the Court of Appeals his employer’s constitutional

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Monday, March 3, 2025

Split Supreme Court Upholds 0% PPD Award for Worker's COVID-19 Infection

  • State: West Virginia
  • Topic: SOUTH
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A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a 0% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s COVID-19 infection.

Case: Thompson v. Genesis Healthcare Group, No.

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Monday, March 3, 2025

Worker Who Fell From Ladder Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim

  • State: New York
  • Topic: NORTH
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A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a fall from a ladder.

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Monday, March 3, 2025

WCIRB Submits Regulatory Filing

  • State: California
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The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Friday submitted its proposed 2025 regulatory filing to the California insurance commissioner for review.

The WCIRB is proposing to

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Monday, March 3, 2025

BWC Approves 6% Rate Cut for Private Employers

  • State: Ohio
  • Topic: NORTH
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The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation announced a 6% rate cut for private employers that will take effect July 1.

The BWC said the reduction

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Friday, February 28, 2025

Trial Court Should Have Dismissed Carrier, Adjuster From Injured Worker's Fraud Lawsuit

  • State: Texas
  • Topic: Top
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A Texas appellate court awarded mandamus relief dismissing a carrier and its adjuster from a complaint alleging they fraudulently misclassified an injured worker as an

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Friday, February 28, 2025

DWC Opens 15-Day Comment Period on Proposed UR Rules

  • State: California
  • Topic: WEST
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The California Division of Workers' Compensation on Thursday opened a 15-day comment period on revisions to rules intended to expedite utilization review decisions and the

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