Workers' Compensation News
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Court: Worker Shouldn't Have Received Summary Judgment for Fall From Dumpster | 03/20/2026 | |
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| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should not have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from falling from a dumpster. ...Read More | |||
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Board Approves Pinnacol Privatization Initiative | 03/20/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A ballot initiative proposing to privatize Pinnacol Assurance is poised to go before Colorado voters. The Colorado Title Board on Wednesday voted ...Read More | |||
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Committee Bill Proposes Another Expansion of Airport Firefighter Presumption | 03/19/2026 | |
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| California lawmakers are proposing to eliminate the requirement that airport firefighters complete a state-mandated training program to qualify for certain workers' compensation presumptions. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Doesn't Need to Prove Labor Market Attachment to Get PPD Award | 03/19/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to the benefit of a change in the law that relieved her of the burden to prove an attachment to the labor market. ...Read More | |||
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State Announces Fraud Arrest | 03/19/2026 | |
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| A man who allegedly underreported payroll to fraudulently reduce his workers' compensation premiums was arrested and charged with an organized scheme to commit premium avoidance fraud, the Florida Department of Financial Services announced. ...Read More | |||
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Civil Claim for Worker's Car Accident Dismissed as Untimely | 03/19/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s civil claims arising from a work-related car accident as time-barred. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds TTD Award for Hospital Worker With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 03/19/2026 | |
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| The District of Columbia’s highest court upheld a determination that a hospital worker was entitled to temporary total disability benefits for her bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Judgment for Worker on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Ladder | 03/19/2026 | |
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| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to a worker on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Faking Injuries | 03/19/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A former Rikers Island correctional officer admitted to falsely claiming he was injured while on duty following use-of-force incidents with inmates, federal prosecutors in New York announced. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Shift Serious Injury, Fatality Probes to Prosecutors From Cal/OSHA | 03/18/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Prosecutors would be the lead investigators for accidents resulting in serious injury or death, while the agency commonly known as Cal/OSHA would continue to collect reports and assist, under a recently amended bill. ...Read More | |||
