Workers' Compensation News
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Marine Transportation Provider Can't Get Indemnity for Worker's Accident | 09/10/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a marine transportation provider could not enforce the indemnity provision in a master service agreement between a staffing company and the owner of an offshore platform under Louisiana law. ...Read More | |||
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Independent Contractor Gets Benefits for Injuries From Trucking Accident | 09/10/2025 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld a finding that an independent contractor was entitled to benefits from a trucking company and a transportation broker for his injuries from a crash. ...Read More | |||
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Administrator Unreasonably Denies Worker's Claim | 09/10/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an administrator unreasonably denied a worker’s claim for injuries from a locker falling on her. ...Read More | |||
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Guilty Plea Triggers Suspension Despite Subsequent Dismissal | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California's law requiring the Division of Workers' Compensation to suspend providers convicted of certain crimes applies when charges are dismissed after a guilty plea, the 2nd District Court of Appeals ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Would Require EOR to Justify Contractual Discounts | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would have allowed California providers to use independent review to challenge contractual discounts applied to bills was amended to instead require payers to justify reductions in explanations of review. ...Read More | |||
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Man Faces Multiple Fraud Charges | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Louisiana Attorney General's Office said an information technology director for the state's 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals faces multiple charges relating to alleged work comp fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Exclusivity Shields Employer From Liability for Shovel Attack | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Illinois Appellate Court ruled that exclusivity shielded an employer from liability for injuries that a worker suffered in an attack by the owner’s mentally ill son. ...Read More | |||
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Health Care Worker Fails to Prove Compensable Back Injury | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim of injury to her back. Case: Melius v. Chapel Ridge Nurs...Read More | |||
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Court: Police Officer's Incapacity Exclusively Caused by Duty-Related Injury | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a police officer’s incapacitation was the exclusive result of her duty-related injury. Ca...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets 13% PPD Award for Neck Injury | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 13% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s injuries. Case: ...Read More | |||
