Workers' Compensation News
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Employer's Challenge to Bus Driver's Psychological Injury Claim Dismissed as Moot | 09/16/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court dismissed an employer’s challenge to an employee’s psychological injury claim as moot. ...Read More | |||
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Exposure to Saliva of Potentially Rabid Animal Constitutes 'Injury' | 09/08/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a case of first impression, West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that exposure to the saliva of a potentially rabid animal is sufficient to establish an injury for workers’ compensation purposes. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Bars Worker's Claims Against Employer Arising From Bus Accident | 08/05/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claims against her employer as barred by exclusivity. Case: Dudl...Read More | |||
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Employer Gets Dismissal of Worker's Breach Claim | 07/24/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that a municipal employer should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a disabled former police officer’s claims that it had breached the terms of its agreement resolving a dispute over the settlement of his workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Bars Lawsuit by Worker Fired After Fight Over PPE | 07/23/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workers' compensation is the exclusive remedy for the negligence claims of a worker who was fired after getting into a fight with a supervisor over personal protective equipment, a Texas appeals court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Knowledge Decides Concurrent Employment | 07/22/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An employer's knowledge that a worker holds a second job is enough to establish concurrent employment for average weekly wage calculations, even if the worker is furloughed at the time, an Illinois appellate court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Employer That Receives Full 3rd-Party Settlement Must Pay All of Worker's Expenses | 07/20/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| 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 costs and expenses. ...Read More | |||
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Employers Anticipate Comprehensive Reforms in 2027 | 07/09/2026 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| ANAHEIM, Calif. — Employers are gearing up for negotiations over permanent disability benefits and broader reforms next year, the chief lobbyist for the California Coalition on Workers' Compensation said Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
