Workers' Compensation News
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Court Overturns Grant of Worker's Motion to Strike Fraud Accusations | 10/03/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court overturned the grant of a worker’s motion to strike a carrier’s accusation of fraud. Case...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds TTD Award for Worker's Wrist Injury | 10/03/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker for his wrist injury. Case: Autozon...Read More | |||
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Circuit Court Errs in Setting Aside Commission's Finding on Causation | 10/03/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a circuit court judge should not have overturned a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Commission that found a worker’s cervical spine injury was not causally related to her on-the-job accident. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Not Entitled to Line-of-Duty Death Benefits for Retired Firefighter's Fatal Heart Attack | 10/02/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld the denial of line-of-duty death benefits for a retired firefighter’s fatal heart attack. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Holding Quarterly Stakeholder Meeting Oct. 22 | 10/02/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation is holding its quarterly stakeholder meeting on Oct. 22. Officials from the division will provide an ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Doesn't Apply to Restaurant Worker's Death From Anaphylactic Shock | 10/02/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld an award of $5,782,349.85 for a restaurant worker’s death from anaphylactic shock after he ate a free meal that contained seafood. ...Read More | |||
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DOL Fines Contractor for Fall, Drowning Hazards | 10/02/2025 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor fined a Florida painting contractor $877,220 for safety violations following an investigation into a worker's drowning death. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Rejects Worker's Left Shoulder Claim After Injury to Right | 10/02/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker who injured his right shoulder on the job failed to establish a compensable injury to his left shoulder. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Worker on Labor Law Claim | 10/02/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim and for dismissal of the affirmative defenses. ...Read More | |||
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Pinnacol Names Dr. Gabriel Lockhart Senior Medical Director | 10/02/2025 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Colorado's Pinnacol Assurance named Dr. Gabriel Lockhart senior medical director. ...Read More | |||
