Workers' Compensation News
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Summary Judgment on Worker's Labor Law Claim Overturned | 08/28/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should not have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a misstep while exiting an elevator. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Worker's Claim for Stress-Related Psychological Injury | 08/28/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claim for a psychological injury caused by her work-related stress. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Drops PTP Provision From Naturopath Bill | 08/27/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers have spiked a controversial proposal to allow naturopaths to serve as primary treating physicians in the workers' compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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Nurse Accused of Not Disclosing Outside Employment While Collecting Comp | 08/27/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Connecticut prosecutors announced fraud charges against a nurse accused of failing to disclose her outside employment while she collected workers' compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Police Officer Charged With Fraud | 08/27/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Connecticut police officer receiving workers' compensation benefits for a knee injury was charged with fraud after he passed a fitness exam as part of the application process for another police department. ...Read More | |||
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Doctors' Claims for Radiation Exposure Subject to TMLA | 08/27/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that the claims brought by two doctors against a hospital for their on-the-job radiation exposure were healthcare liability claims subject to the requirements of the Texas Medical Liability Act. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Directs ALJ to Revisit Worker's Claim for COVID-19 Infection | 08/27/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld a decision vacating an award to a worker for his contraction of COVID-19 and remanding for the administrative law judge to reexamine the worker’s communicable disease claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Swinging Beam Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 08/27/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a swinging steel beam should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker's Adverse Reaction to COVID-19 Vaccine | 08/26/2026 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits for a worker’s adverse reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine. Larry Driscol...Read More | |||
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WCD Schedules Hearing on Benefit Fund Assessment | 08/26/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division will hold a virtual hearing on Sept. 17 to discuss the Workers' Benefit Fund assessment rate for 2027. ...Read More | |||
