Workers' Compensation News
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Webinar Focuses on Employer Responsibilities in Comp System | 10/17/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation has set a webinar to cover the workers' compensation responsibilities of employers in the Lone Star State. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Worker's Termination for Misconduct Warranted Suspension of Benefits | 10/17/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida appellate court upheld a determination that an injured worker was terminated for misconduct and was not entitled to temporary partial disability benefits after he lost his job. ...Read More | |||
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Statute of Limitations Bars Widow's Occupational Disease Claim | 10/17/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a widow’s occupational disease claim as time-barred. Case: Foreback...Read More | |||
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Defendant Gets Partial Dismissal of Labor Law Claim; Worker Can Proceed With Negligence Claim | 10/17/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant was entitled to partial summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s Labor Law claims against it, but the worker could proceed with his negligence claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Rideshare Companies' Challenges to Cal/OSHA Citations | 10/16/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that the two major rideshare companies could not bypass the administrative review process for challenging citations issued against them for failing to adequately safeguard their drivers. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Sets Webinar on State's Heat Standard Outcomes | 10/16/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute will present a 30-minute webinar at 2 p.m. Eastern on Oct. 30 to highlight findings from its latest report, "Impact of California’s Heat Standard on Workers’ Compensation Outcomes." ...Read More | |||
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Board's Failure to Consider All Evidence Leads to Reversal of 2 Claim Denials | 10/16/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned the denial of two workers’ claims for occupational pneumoconiosis due to the failure of the Board of Review to consider all evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Labor Law Defendant | 10/16/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment to a Labor Law defendant. Case: Gomez-Jimene...Read More | |||
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Protection Board Lacks Jurisdiction Over Injured Postal Worker's Appeal | 10/16/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals said the Merit Systems Protection Board properly found that it lacked jurisdiction over an injured postal worker’s challenge to the denial of his restoration appeal. ...Read More | |||
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Court Excuses Employer's Late Filing of Answer | 10/16/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an employer’s late filing of an answer to a worker’s claim petition was properly excused. ...Read More | |||
