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The California Workers' Compensation Institute posted a summary of bills enacted during the 2026 session that may be of interest to the workers' compensation community.
The big news from the session was Gov. Gavin Newsom enacting a budget trailer bill that included major reforms to the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund and also permanently amended the deadline for the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board to act on petitions for reconsideration.
Newsom signed SB 171 in July.
"SB 171 narrows SIBTF eligibility by requiring… Read more »
The Illinois Appellate Court has published its decision from late this summer finding that an insurance carrier owed no coverage to an employer for a worker’s fatal accident at a construction site.
According to a complaint filed by the estate of Ramiro… Read more »
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A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant timely paid a settlement to an injured worker.
Case: Carranza v. Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, No. 300322/17, 09/29/2026, published.
Facts and procedural history: Delis Vasquez Carranza suffered injuries while working in an elevator shaft. He filed a Labor Law suit against multiple… Read more »
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an injured worker was entitled to a magnetic resonance imaging scan and surgery to address an ankle injury.
Case: Marshall County Coal Resources v. Yarbrough, No. 26-ICA-135, 09/25/2026, published.
Facts: Colby Yarbrough worked for Marshall County Coal Resources. He slipped on a… Read more »
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a determination that a worker failed to prove a sufficient length of exposure to dust hazards to give rise to a presumption that he had occupational pneumoconiosis.
Case: King v. Justice Family Group LLC, No. 26-ICA-76, 09/25/2026, published.
Facts and… Read more »
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced Friday the promotion of John Grube to vice president of regional operations for the Austin region.
Grube will direct and coordinate all regional office operations, including underwriting, claims, safety services, premium audit and business development in the new role he assumed in May.
Grube, who joined Texas Mutual in 2013, has held a variety of roles… Read more »A study of 400,000 workers’ comp claims from Crosstie, a claims management technology company that identifies workers’ comp cases likely to descend into litigation, reveals a telling pattern that could help explain excessive claim costs nationwide, especially… Read more »
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