Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Civil Suit Against Employer, Revives Claims Against Related Entity | 10/15/2025 | |
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| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s civil claims against his employer but revived his claims against a related entity whose workers’ compensation carrier had paid benefits to him. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds PPD Award for Worker's Knee Injury | 10/15/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent partial disability benefits for a worker’s knee injury. ...Read More | |||
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Police Officer Denied Duty Disability Benefits Can't Pursue Comp Claim for Same Injury | 10/15/2025 | |
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| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a police officer who failed to prove his entitlement to duty disability benefits for a wrist injury was barred from pursuing a workers’ compensation claim for the same injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Ladder | 10/15/2025 | |
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| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court Allows State to Proceed With Disability Discrimination Case Against Grimmway Farms | 10/14/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal court in Sacramento ruled that the California Civil Rights Department can proceed with its disability discrimination suit against Grimmway Farms. ...Read More | |||
| DOI Approves 2.5% Rate Cut | 10/14/2025 | ||
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| The Idaho Department of Insurance approved a recommendation to reduce workers' compensation rates by 2.5%, effective Jan. 1. The decrease marks the ninth consecutive reduction in rates, the department said. The department said the National Council on Compensation Insuranc...Read More | |||
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Circuit Court Lacks Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over Worker's Appeal | 10/14/2025 | |
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| The Illinois Appellate Court said a circuit court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over a worker’s appeal from an adverse decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Summary Dismissal of Worker's Claims | 10/14/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should have been granted summary judgment dismissing the claims against it. Case:...Read More | |||
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ICA Errs in Overturning Board's Grant of TTD to Worker for Electric Shock Injuries | 10/14/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court said the Intermediate Court of Appeals erred in overturning a Board of Review decision granting temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Modification of Benefit Award to Correct AWW Miscalculation | 10/14/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was entitled to a modification of her benefit award to correct a miscalculation of her average weekly wage. ...Read More | |||
