The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that if an employer receives the full amount of a worker’s third-party settlement via subrogation, it is properly assessed with the full amount of the worker’s…
A California appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier validly cancelled an employer’s policy for failing to comply with a payroll audit before its employee was injured.
Case: Employers Preferred Insurance…
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the loss of WorkCompCentral founder, president and chief executive officer David DePaolo.
David DePaolo
DePaolo died on July 17, 2016, in a Ventura County, California, motorcycle…
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a longtime coal worker did not have occupational pneumoconiosis.
Case: Cook v. Arch Coal, No. 26-ICA-42, 06/30/2026, published.
Facts and procedural history:…
A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker’s untruthful response on a pre-employment medical questionnaire forfeited his entitlement to benefits for a back injury.
Case: Stewart v. Cajun Industries LLC, No.