October 7, 2026 | Sacramento, CA — MedLegalNews.com — Workers compensation insurance coverage can become a significant legal issue when an employer fails to provide payroll records required for an insurance audit and an insurer subsequently attempts to cancel the policy. A recent California Court of Appeal decision illustrates how disputes over premium audits, cancellation
October 5, 2026 | Sacramento, CA — MedLegalNews.com — Workers compensation disputes continue to evolve as the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board issues new panel decisions addressing evidence, temporary disability, apportionment, compensability and procedural questions. A review of WCAB decisions dated August 28, August 31 and September 1, 2026, shows how individual cases can expose
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October 2, 2026 | Sacramento, CA — MedLegalNews.com — Workers compensation rates in California are changing against a backdrop of rising system costs, and the latest advisory benchmark gives employers, insurers, claims professionals and injured-worker advocates a new data point to watch. Effective September 1, 2026, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara adopted an average advisory pure
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September 30, 2026 | Oakland, CA — MedLegalNews.com — California’s increasing exposure to severe weather is creating new occupational-medicine questions involving flood related workplace injuries, particularly when employees are required to work during or after torrential rain and flooding. On September 1, the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation (CHSWC) announced that its
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September 28, 2026 | Oakland, CA — MedLegalNews.com — California’s growing exposure to wildfire smoke is creating an increasingly important occupational-medicine issue for employers, physicians, claims administrators and injured workers. The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation (CHSWC) highlighted wildfire smoke as one of several emerging weather-related workplace hazards in a September 1
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September 25, 2026 | Oakland, CA — MedLegalNews.com — California’s changing weather conditions are creating new occupational health and workers’ compensation considerations as employees face wildfire smoke, extreme heat, torrential rain, flooding and other environmental hazards. On September 1, the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation (CHSWC) announced a School Action for Safety
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September 23, 2026 | Sacramento, CA — MedLegalNews.com — California’s continued exposure to extreme temperatures is creating important workers’ compensation questions surrounding heat illness, particularly when a worker develops symptoms while performing job duties. On August 25, 2026, Cal/OSHA urged employers across Southern California to maintain required protections as extreme heat continued. The advisory covered
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September 21, 2026 | Sacramento, CA — MedLegalNews.com — California’s workers’ compensation system is facing renewed attention over its provider shortage after a new RAND study found that the number and distribution of health care professionals participating in workers’ compensation vary substantially across the state. The report, released August 27 by the California Department of
September 18, 2026 | Sacramento, CA — MedLegalNews.com — A recent California Court of Appeal decision provides important guidance concerning workers compensation policy cancellation when an insured employer does not provide payroll records needed for a premium audit. In Employers Preferred Insurance Company v. Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, the Third District Court of Appeal held
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September 16, 2026 | Sacramento, CA — MedLegalNews.com — The California Supreme Court has issued an important decision affecting California workers compensation reconsideration, clarifying the consequences when the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board does not act on a petition within the statutory period. In Mayor v. Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board and Ross Valley Sanitation District, decided
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