Workers' Compensation News
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Appeals Court: Cadets Covered by Immunity Waiver for Retaliation | 12/22/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court, in a case of first impression, held that a Houston Police Academy cadet is covered by the waiver of governmental immunity that allows first responders to sue their employers for workers' compensation retaliation. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Nixes $58K Default Over Procedural Errors | 12/04/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court vacated a summary judgment awarding a workers' compensation carrier nearly $58,000 because a statement of damages was not served before the entry of defaults, and the award exceeded the relief demanded in the complaint. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Says SCIF Performance Bonus Dispute Is Subject to Arbitration | 10/31/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court said a dispute about whether State Compensation Insurance Fund violated a collective bargaining agreement by giving different bonuses to similarly situated employees is subject to arbitration. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Says COVID Claim Properly Denied as Ordinary Disease of Life | 10/31/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Missouri appellate court concluded that a worker failed to prove that his employment placed him at a greater risk of contracting COVID-19 or that a distinct feature of his job caused him to contract the disease. ...Read More | |||
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Acrisure Re Names Dan Morrison SVP | 10/27/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Acrisure Re, the reinsurance division of Acrisure, announced the immediate appointment of Dan Morrison as senior vice president. ...Read More | |||
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AG Announces $1.4M Settlement With Construction Company | 10/22/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday announced a $1.4 million settlement with a construction firm that was accused of repeatedly violating the state's workers' compensation laws. ...Read More | |||
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AFL-CIO Bails on 'Agreed Bill' Process | 10/09/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois AFL-CIO told Gov. J.B. Pritzker that it is withdrawing from the agreed-bill process for revising work comp and unemployment laws, saying its good-faith participation is not being reciprocated in other states. ...Read More | |||
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Average Monthly Wage Properly Excludes Higher Earnings From Prior Position | 10/01/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the calculation of a worker’s average monthly wage based on his actual income before his injury, not the higher earnings he had in a different position before an injury resulted in his move to the lower-paying post. ...Read More | |||
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Alcohol Intoxication Doesn't Bar Worker From Recovering for Catastrophic Injuries | 09/29/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s alcohol intoxication did not bar him from recovering benefits for his injuries that left him paraplegic after he fell from a scaffold. ...Read More | |||
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Appeal of Daughter's Comp Claim Fails Due to Insufficient Pleadings | 09/19/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nevada Court of Appeals ruled that a mother’s failure to challenge all bases in the denial of her petition for review in her daughter’s closed workers’ compensation claim was fatal. ...Read More | |||
