Workers' Compensation News
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Court: Employers Can Be Liable for Negligence to Workers' Future Offspring | 06/15/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals said an employer may be liable for negligence toward workers' not-yet-conceived offspring. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Municipal Worker Fails to Prove Claim for Psychiatric Treatment | 06/15/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court upheld the denial of a municipal worker’s request for psychiatric treatment. Edward Koren worked for the City of ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Entitled to Summary Judgment | 06/15/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claims against it, as well as the cross-claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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PEO's Insurance Carrier Liable for Worker's Benefits | 06/15/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a decision by the Workers' Compensation Board finding that the insurance carrier from which a professional employer organization had purchased coverage was liable for a worker’s benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Carpenter Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Trip-and-Fall | 06/15/2026 | |
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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 carpenter’s Labor Law claim for his injuries from a trip-and-fall accident. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Increase in Worker's PPD Award | 06/15/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an increase in a worker’s permanent partial disability award for an injury to his left hand. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Take-Nothing Judgment on Worker's Negligence Claim | 06/12/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld a take-nothing judgment against a manufacturer on a worker’s negligence claim. Bell Textron Inc. produce...Read More | |||
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Judge Errs in Dismissing Worker's Civil Suit Over Bankruptcy Disclosure | 06/12/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that a trial judge erred in dismissing a worker’s personal injury claim on the basis of judicial estoppel because he had not disclosed it in his prior bankruptcy case. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Affirms Finding That Worker Had No Permanent Impairment | 06/12/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a finding that a worker had no permanent impairment from a shoulder injury. Case: Harris v....Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Plaintiff's Motion to Vacate Default Judgment | 06/12/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a plaintiff’s motion to vacate a default judgment. Case: Lotus Residences LL...Read More | |||
