Workers' Compensation News
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Exclusivity Bars Tort Claims for Asbestos Exposure | 02/19/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers' compensation is the exclusive remedy for workers suing San Diego and a city official for injuries they ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Bars County Worker's Civil Suit Against Employer | 02/06/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that workers’ compensation exclusivity barred a county employee’s civil claims based on his injuries from using an allegedly modified piece of equipment to do his job. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Entitled to Relief From Default; Owners Not Liable to Injured Worker | 02/06/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court found that an injured worker’s employer was entitled to relief from a default judgment entered against it, and that its individual owners were not subject to civil liability to the worker. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Gets Relief From Judgment After Attorney Fails to Appear | 02/02/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a trial judge committed an abuse of discretion in entering judgment against an employer after its attorney failed to appear at a case management conference. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Loses Challenge to Worker's Award of Additional TTD | 01/15/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court denied an employer’s challenge to a finding that a worker was entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits after undergoing surgery due to an allowed condition in his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Doesn't Bar Widow's Gross Negligence Claims for Husband's Murder | 01/13/2026 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that exclusivity did not bar the widow of a state prison guard murdered by two inmates in a 2021 escape attempt from asserting gross negligence claims against his co-employees. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Gets Summary Dismissal of Exemplary Damages Claim for Grain Bin Worker's Death | 01/09/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a claim for exemplary damages against an employer for a worker’s fatal grain bin accident. ...Read More | |||
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Employers Defending Against Comp Claims Can Get Workers' Confidential Employment Records | 01/02/2026 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that an employer against whom a workers’ compensation claim has been made is an “interested party” entitled to confidential unemployment records concerning the claimant. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Bars Worker's Civil Claims for Injuries From Attack by Customer | 12/16/2025 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that exclusivity barred the entirety of a worker’s civil claims against her employer for her injuries from being attacked by a disgruntled customer. ...Read More | |||
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Ex-Corrections Worker Agrees to Pay $40,000 in Restitution | 12/16/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A former corrections worker agreed to plead guilty to one count of workers' compensation fraud and to pay $40,000 in restitution, New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang announced. ...Read More | |||
