Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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L&I Says Nippon Dynawave Citation Unrelated to Fatal Tank Incident | 08/26/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries cited Nippon Dynawave for failing to document its safety plans or keep required records relating to an ammonia tank used to treat wastewater, a violation the agency said was not related to its inspection into a fatal tank collapse in May....Read More | |||
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IWCC Arbitrator Jeffery Tobin Dies at 65 | 08/26/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Judge Jeffrey Tobin, an arbitrator with the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, died Saturday at the age of 65. Tobin practiced la...Read More | |||
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Contractor Charged With Failing to Carry Comp Coverage | 08/26/2026 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that the owner of a contracting firm who allegedly fled a job after receiving a stop-work order for not carrying comp coverage has been formally charged. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Alleged Fall | 08/26/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from a fall at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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WCJ Errs in Addressing Pending Petitions Before Settlement Hearing | 08/26/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a workers’ compensation judge erred in addressing an employer’s termination petition and two utilization review petitions before holding a hearing on the approval of a settlement. ...Read More | |||
