Most Popular Workers' Compensation Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page over the last year.
#1 Ohio Contractor Faces $1 Million in Fines for OSHA Violations
Oct 10 2022 // A Millersburg, Ohio, contractor with a long history of disregarding workplace safety standards now faces more than $1 million in penalties after an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and...
#2 Workers’ Compensation Undercuts Employer Liability Exclusion, U.S. Appeals Court Rules
Jul 11 2023 // Since workers’ compensation shields an employer from liability, an insurer may not be able to rely on an employer liability exclusion in a commercial general liability policy to avoid claims. That’s the...
#3 Connecticut High Court Nixes Workers’ Comp for Firefighter With Heart Condition
Jun 26 2023 // A firefighter must be shown to have worked 20 or more hours a week to be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits under state law, the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled in reversing an appeals court and state...
#4 Accountant Charged With $10 Million in Construction Workers’ Compensation Fraud
May 9 2023 // Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. announced two indictments of a certified public accountant for defrauding the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) of more than $10 million in workers’ compensation...
#5 Light Duty or Scheme to Avoid Workers’ Comp Claim? Florida Appeals Court to Decide
May 9 2023 // Most people will be familiar with the posters at workplaces noting the number of days since a lost-time work injury. Well, there’s a dirty little secret behind that, one that helps employers avoid higher experience...
#6 Workers’ Compensation Remains Profit Engine for U.S. P/C Insurers: AM Best
Jul 18 2023 // Workers’ compensation insurers’ underwriting results continued to outpace the rest of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) commercial sector in 2022, as they benefited from the long-term decline in workplace...
#7 Virginia School: Workers’ Comp Bars $40M Suit by Teacher Shot by 6-Year Old
Apr 27 2023 // The Newport News public school board says the $40 million lawsuit filed against it by the teacher who was shot by a six-year old is barred by the state’s workers’ compensation law that is the exclusive remedy...
#8 Workers Comp Insurtech Pie Transitions to Full-Stack Carrier
Feb 3 2023 // Small-business workers compensation provider Pie Insurance has completed its transition to a full-stack carrier. Effective Jan. 1, the company said it acquired nationally licensed insurance company The American Insurance...
#9 California Father And Son Charged for $12M Workers’ Comp Fraud
Nov 2 2022 // Edgardo Cabrales Sr., 61, and his son, Edgar Cabrales Jr., 36, both of San Jose, California, were charged with five felony counts each of insurance fraud after a California Department of Insurance investigation found they...
#10 Georgia Business Owner Sentenced in $54M California Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 13 2023 // Wesley Owens, 54, of Atlanta, Georgia, and Beau Wilson, 38, also of Atlanta, pleaded no contest to multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and conspiracy in Los Angeles Superior Court over charges filed after a...
#11 When ‘Preparing for Work’ Falls Under Virginia Workers’ Compensation
Feb 23 2023 // An employee who was injured while scraping ice off his company-owned truck parked at his home is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission has ruled, reversing a deputy...
#12 Court Defines Insurance Broker’s Duty to Inform LLCs About Workers’ Compensation
Dec 15 2022 // What is the duty of an insurance broker in New Jersey to members of a limited liability corporation (LLC) when it comes to workers’ compensation coverage? The New Jersey Supreme Court this week ruled that a broker...
#13 Philadelphia Eagles Team Loses to Ex-Player in Workers’ Compensation Fight
Feb 10 2023 // The National Football League’s Philadelphia Eagles football team has failed to score a victory in a disability case involving former linebacker Emmanuel Acho who suffered thumb injuries in 2015 while with the...
#14 Workers’ Comp and Mental Health: Panel Examines Why Worker Wellbeing Matters
Jun 26 2023 // American workers are struggling. Employee stress has reached record highs. Symptoms and formal diagnoses of mental illnesses like anxiety, depression and PTSD are rising. Substance abuse disorders are up, too – as are...
#15 New York Prosecutors Allege Workers’ Comp Premium Fraud in Two Schemes Worth $10M
Jan 27 2023 // Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. within the past week announced two separate indictments alleging workers’ compensation fraud, one totaling $7 million in premiums and the other, $3 million. In one case,...
#16 Doctors, Insurers Clash on Florida Workers’ Comp Physician Dispensing Rules
Jan 17 2023 // Physician dispensing of medications has long been a flash point in workers’ compensation insurance, with at least 22 states regulating or restricting the practice. Florida is no exception to the controversy, and...
#17 Behavioral Health Linked to Workers’ Comp Recovery: Study
Aug 30 2022 // Psychosocial factors are strong predictors of delayed recovery and other adverse outcomes in patients with work-related injuries. A recent white paper from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) examines the...
#18 Massachusetts Agency Owner Accused of Stealing Workers’ Compensation Premiums
Jun 1 2023 // The owner of a Gloucester, Massachusetts insurance agency has been indicted and arraigned in connection with an alleged embezzlement scheme that left client companies uninsured. The scheme included the agent transferring...
#19 Workers’ Compensation Must Reimburse for Medical Marijuana Costs in Pennsylvania
Mar 21 2023 // Injured workers in Pennsylvania are entitled to be reimbursed for medical marijuana costs under the state’s workers’ compensation law. The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that while the Medical...
#20 NCCI Recommends 8.4% Cut in Florida Workers’ Comp Rates for 2023
Aug 25 2022 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending an average 8.4% cut in workers’ compensation rates for the Florida voluntary market – the seventh straight reduction and double the size of the...
