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The share of injuries involving workers in their first few months on the job rose sharply during the pandemic before falling below its pre-pandemic level by 2024, according to a new report from the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
The share of injuries involving workers in their first two months on the job increased to 18.43% in 2022 from 15.66% in 2019, according to WCRI’s analysis. But that trend reversed during the post-pandemic… Read more »
The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that an injured firefighter’s line-of-duty disability pension should have been calculated based on his salary at the rank to which he was promoted during his recovery.
Case: Schneider v. Elgin Firefighters’ Pension Fund, No.… Read more »
A Louisiana appellate court overturned the dismissal of claims against an insurance carrier that provided coverage to a sole proprietor for injuries sustained by the sole proprietor’s brother while allegedly volunteering his services.
Case: Watson v. Watson Services Inc., No. 26-CA-18, 09/23/2026, published.
Facts: On April 4, 2023, Edward Watson suffered severe injuries while helping his brother remove tires from an 18-wheel tractor-trailer. He was… Read more »
A former San Mateo County sheriff's deputy was sentenced to five months in prison Tuesday after he was convicted of workers' compensation fraud, according to a report by KRON-TV.
Jorden Tuiveta Faatiga, 35, of Patterson, pleaded no contest to charges of work comp fraud and filing a false document on April 30.
Faatiga received more than $61,000 in benefits after claiming he… Read more »
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the finding that arthroscopic right shoulder surgery was reasonable and necessary treatment for a worker’s compensable injury.
Case: West Virginia University Health System Inc. v. Blackwell, No. 26-ICA-157, 09/25/2026, published.
Facts: Elizabeth Blackwell worked for… Read more »California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund is the nonprofit insurer of last resort for California employers. This critical backstop provides, as President and CEO Vern Steiner puts it, “fairly priced workers’ compensation insurance to any California business that needs it.”
The challenges of running a payer with this unique role in the system are… Read more »
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