Workers' Compensation News
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National Safety Council Says Government Shutdown Puts Workers at Risk | 10/30/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The inability of Republicans and Democrats to agree on funding government services has resulted in a worker safety shutdown that's threatening the lives of workers throughout the country, the National Council on Occupational Safety and Health said. ...Read More | |||
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FWCJUA Meetings Set for November and December | 10/30/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association posted notices for three teleconference meetings in November and one in December. ...Read More | |||
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Rates to Drop 3.8% Jan. 1 | 10/30/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut insurance commissioner approved a 3.8% average workers' compensation rate reduction for 2026. The National Council on ...Read More | |||
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Truck Driver Fails to Prove Occupational Pneumoconiosis Claim | 10/30/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a truck driver’s claim for occupational pneumoconiosis. Cas...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim for Aggravation Injury | 10/30/2025 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Mexico Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for an alleged aggravation injury. Case: Benally v. Sa...Read More | |||
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Worker Gives Timely Notice of Claim to Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund | 10/30/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an injured worker timely gave notice of his claim to the Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund within 45 days of learning that his employer lacked workers’ compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Security Guard Can't Pursue Civil Suit Against Property Owner for Slip and Fall | 10/30/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a security guard could not proceed with a civil suit for damages for her injuries from a slip-and-fall accident against the owner of the facility where it occurred. ...Read More | |||
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Cal/OSHA Reminds Employers to Protect Workers From Heat | 10/29/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health issued what it said is one of its latest advisories to remind employers about protecting workers from heat as high temperatures hit the southern part of the state. ...Read More | |||
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Denial of Benefits for Firefighter's PTSD Overturned | 10/29/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned a denial of benefits to a firefighter who was disabled by post-traumatic stress disorder arising from his inability to save the lives of two infants within a short period of time. ...Read More | |||
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Shipt to Pay $800,000 Settlement, Continue Classifying Workers as Contractors | 10/29/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that a same-day delivery service owned by Target agreed to pay $800,000 and implement new policies to continue classifying its workers as contractors. ...Read More | |||
