The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the denial of benefits for a firefighter’s stress injury claim.
Case: Lawless v. Industrial Commission, No. 1 CA-IC 24-0009,
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The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced that the threshold used to determine when employment is casual is increasing on July 1, as is the maximum attorney
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The California Senate Appropriations Committee sent to its suspense file bills addressing regular updates to permanent partial disability benefits and the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule.
The
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William M. Carero, a workers’ compensation administrative law judge in Oxnard, died April 24 at the age of 69.
Judge William M. Carero
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The Colorado House of Representatives passed a bill that would maintain the accreditation program through 2036 for health care providers treating injured workers.
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The California Senate Appropriations Committee will review the fiscal implications of bills addressing subrogation rights, uninsured employers and premium fraud May 12.
The committee is
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Washington state's workplace safety agency has fined Safeway more than $26,000 for alleged warehouse quota law violations, the first sanctions imposed under a 2024 law.
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A policy committee in the California Senate passed an amended bill relating to premium fraud investigations.
The Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement
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The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau submitted its filing recommending that the California insurance commissioner increase the advisory pure premium rate by 11.2%.
Increases in
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The Nevada Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to a firefighter who developed a disabling heart condition after she had
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