Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Who Fell From Scaffold Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 09/02/2025 | |
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| A New York appellate court ruled that a construction worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a scaffold. ...Read More | |||
| WDCA Announces Temporary Relocation of Okemos Hearings Office | 08/29/2025 | ||
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| The Michigan Workers' Disability Compensation Agency said its Okemos hearings office is being temporarily relocated to Lansing on Monday. The agency said the office on Woodlake Circle requires significant repairs and that the Okemos hearings office will be located in the Ottawa Buildi...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Entitlement to PPD for Shoulder Injury | 08/29/2025 | |
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| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was not entitled to a permanent partial disability award for a shoulder injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell While Walking Dog Gets 13% PPD Award | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 13% permanent partial disability award for a school employee for his injuries from a fall while walking a dog. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Challenge to Dismissal of Civil Suit Fails for Lack of Jurisdiction | 08/28/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals found that it lacked jurisdiction over a worker’s challenge to the dismissal of his civil suit for injuries he sustained at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Schedules Hearing on Benefit Fund Assessment | 08/27/2025 | |
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| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division is holding a hearing Sept. 18 to discuss the annual assessment that finances the Workers’ Benefit Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Timely Asserts Claims Against Alleged Statutory Employers | 08/27/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker timely asserted a claim against his alleged statutory employers and that his employer’s insurance carrier should not have been dismissed as a party to the claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Award for Noise-Induced Hearing Loss | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a worker with noise-induced hearing loss. Case:...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Ladder Accident | 08/21/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder. Case:...Read More | |||
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WCC Schedules Educational Conference in Stillwater | 08/20/2025 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission is holding its annual educational conference Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in Stillwater. The confe...Read More | |||
