Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Exclusivity Shields Property Owner From Claims by Subcontractor's Employee | 03/30/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a property owner should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a civil claim against it by a subcontractor’s employee for alleged injuries sustained on the worksite. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Entitled to Summary Dismissal of 3rd-Party Indemnification Claim | 03/26/2026 | |
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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 a third-party action against it seeking indemnification and contribution. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Gets Credit for Benefits Paid for Amputation of Worker's Foot | 03/25/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld an award of benefits for the partial amputation of a worker’s leg, but also ruled that the employer was due a credit for the amount it had voluntarily paid him for the scheduled loss of a foot. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Bars Worker's Claim for Injury From Being Hit by Truck While Jogging | 03/24/2026 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court upheld the summary dismissal of a Walmart worker’s civil suit seeking damages for his injuries from being struck by a truck while jogging in a distribution center parking lot. ...Read More | |||
