Workers' Compensation News
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Electrician May Expand Claim to Include Depression, but Not Anxiety | 06/16/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that an electrician was entitled to expand his claim to include his major depressive disorder, but not his generalized anxiety disorder. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Hit With Fees, Penalties for Delay in Providing Treatment to Worker | 06/08/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the assessment of penalties and fees on an employer for its delay in providing treatment to an injured employee. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Gets Partial Summary Dismissal of Claims Against It | 06/03/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker’s employer was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the common-law indemnification claims against it, and on a counterclaim alleging that it failed to procure insurance. ...Read More | |||
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EDD Reps Leaving WCAB District Offices | 05/28/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| State officials confirmed Wednesday that California’s Employment Development Department is pulling its physical offices out of workers’ compensation courthouses next month, a major operational shift that attorneys warn will stall case settlements. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Shields Staffing Service Company's Client From Suit by Injured Employee | 05/20/2026 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled that exclusivity shielded a company that used a staffing service provider from a civil suit by an injured employee. ...Read More | |||
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Employers Launches LLM Quoting App | 05/13/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Nevada-based workers' compensation carrier Employers launched a workers' compensation chatbot in the ChatGPT App Directory. The carr...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Doesn't Shield General Contractor From Liability for Worker's Death | 04/28/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that exclusivity did not shield a general contractor from liability for a worker’s death resulting from a fall that occurred when he came to the project site in preparation to bid on a subcontract. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Successor-in-Interest Not Liable for Worker's Mesothelioma | 04/20/2026 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict finding that the successor-in-interest to a worker’s former employer was shielded from liability for her contraction of mesothelioma. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Doesn't Shield Company From Liability for Worker's Injury | 04/10/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that workers’ compensation exclusivity did not shield an apartment complex management company from civil liability for injuries sustained by a pool maintenance contractor’s employee. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Sanctioned for Unreasonable Delay in Paying Benefits | 04/03/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld an award of penalties to an injured worker for his employer’s unreasonable delay in paying benefits. ...Read More | |||
