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A Washington state appeals court has cleared the way for the Department of Labor and Industries to recover nearly $150,000 in overpayments from a vocational school with a job placement rate of 3.9%.
The Washington Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected an appeal from Office Careers, affirming that L&I was within its rights to recoup funds and to terminate the school's provider status.
L&I revoked Office Careers' authorization and… Read more »
An Ohio appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s challenge to the administrative denial of his claim for benefits.
Case: Larrick v. W&S Construction LLC, No. 8-25-14, 04/13/2026, published.
Facts and procedural history: Jeremy L. Larrick filed a workers’ compensation claim, asserting that he had suffered injuries while working for W&S Construction LLC in November… Read more »
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a truck driver’s neck sprain caused by being rear-ended by another tractor-trailer.
Case: Haulin’ Jack Shipping Service Inc. v. Jackson, No. 25-ICA-378, 04/07/2026, published.
Facts: Thomas Jackson underwent a C5-T1 laminectomy and decompression surgery in September 2020. He then… Read more »News: WEST
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A New York appellate court ruled that a mason should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim and that the defendants were entitled to conditional summary judgment on their indemnification claim against his employer.
Case: Moreno-Santos v. Real Builders Inc., No. 26421/19, 04/09/2026, published.
Facts:… Read more »
A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims for his injuries from being hit by a rock while working in a trench.
Case: Veloso v. City of New York, No. 158128/20, 04/09/2026, published.
Facts: Armindo Veloso was injured when he was hit by a rock while working in a trench. At the time of the injury, he was working on the excavation of the… Read more »
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Thursday submitted its annual advisory pure premium rate filing to the California Department of Insurance.
The WCIRB is recommending that the department increase the advisory pure premium rate by 10.4%. The average proposed advisory rate for policies incepting on or after Sept. 1 would be $1.71 per $100 of… Read more »
Hospital closures in rural areas disrupt access to care for injured workers but do not significantly increase workers’ compensation claim costs or the duration of disability benefits, according to a Workers Compensation Research Institute study released Thursday.
The study found that when rural hospitals close, injured workers travel an average of 5 miles farther to reach emergency… Read more »Diclofenac is becoming an increasingly popular medication in workers’ compensation and auto accident cases. It is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug available as a pill or as a topical medication.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved 1% diclofenac… Read more »
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