Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Gets Summary Dismissal of FELA Claim for Worker's Alleged Exposure to COVID-19 | 10/08/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld a grant of summary judgment dismissing a Federal Employers’ Liability Act claim for a worker’s death after his alleged on-the-job exposure to COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Newsom Orders SIBTF Reform Plan in Veto Message | 10/07/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Gavin Newsom, in vetoing a bill that would have revised eligibility criteria for the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund, ordered the Division of Workers' Compensation to prepare a reform plan for the beleaguered second injury program. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs QME Template, Heart Presumption Bills | 10/07/2025 | |
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| California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills to revise the medical-legal process and to extend the heart trouble presumption to peace officers for the Department of State Hospitals and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. ...Read More | |||
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Double-Dipping Worker Gets Probation, $122,000 Restitution Order | 10/07/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A judge in Washington state ordered a man to repay the $122,000 he collected in workers' compensation benefits while working another job. Efrain A...Read More | |||
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High Court Hearing Oral Arguments in Undocumented Worker Benefits Challenge | 10/07/2025 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Michigan Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a constitutional challenge to a law being used to withhold wage-replacement benefits from undocumented workers who suffer compensable injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Calculation of Worker's AWW, Reinstates Award of Penalties, Fees | 10/07/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court overturned the Workers’ Compensation Commission’s calculation of an injured mover’s average weekly wage and reinstated his award of penalties and fees. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Worker's Burn Injuries | 10/07/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits for a worker’s burn injuries due to her lack of credibility. Case:...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim; Defendants Get Indemnification | 10/07/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim and reinstated the defendants’ claim for indemnification. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Self-Insured Parent Not Liable for Black Lung Benefits | 10/07/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided federal appellate court ruled that the self-insured parent of a coal mine operator was not liable for black lung benefits on a claim filed years after the mine changed hands and the new owner went bankrupt. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Seeks Comments on Designated Doctor Audit Plan | 10/07/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation is accepting comments on its proposed Designated Doctor Plan-Based Audit. "This audit will evaluat...Read More | |||
