Workers' Compensation News
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Court: Determining Responsibility for Concealed Hazard Not Suited for Summary Judgment | 04/28/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Whether a subcontractor hired to line a pit with concrete was responsible for assessing the safety of the excavation work performed by the hiring party is a question of fact that precludes summary judgment, a California appeals court ruled in an unpublished decision. ...Read More | |||
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Amended Presumption Bill Would Apply Retroactively to 2021 | 04/28/2026 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Members of the Arizona House of Representatives added five years of retroactive effect to a bill intended to close a loophole that carriers have allegedly used to deny cancer claims from first responders that are presumed to arise from employment under state law. ...Read More | |||
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IWCC Announces Arbitrator Transfers | 04/28/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission announced a pair of arbitrator transfers taking effect May 1. Arbitrators Linda Cantrell an...Read More | |||
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Worker's Settlement With Employer Bars Her Second-Injury Fund Claim | 04/28/2026 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| A divided Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a worker could not continue to pursue a claim against the state Second Injury Fund after entering a compromise settlement with her employer that did not establish the employer’s liability for her injury. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Doesn't Shield General Contractor From Liability for Worker's Death | 04/28/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that exclusivity did not shield a general contractor from liability for a worker’s death resulting from a fall that occurred when he came to the project site in preparation to bid on a subcontract. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Partial Judgment on Labor Law Claim; Employer Gets Dismissal of Third-Party Claim | 04/28/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim, and his employer was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the third-party claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Expansion of Worker's Claim, TTD Award | 04/28/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the expansion of a worker’s claim to include additional conditions and an award of temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Require Certification of Stone Slab Manufacturing Clears Committee | 04/27/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California Assembly committee passed a bill that would create a mandatory certification process for companies engaged in fabrication activities involving manufactured stone. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Airport Firefighter Presumption Bill | 04/27/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California Senate committee passed a bill that would eliminate an "outdated" requirement that airport firefighters complete a state-mandated training program to be covered by workers' compensation presumptions. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds FELA Award Apportioning Fault to Worker, Denying Employer Offset | 04/27/2026 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a jury verdict awarding benefits to a railroad dispatcher for her ankle injury that was largely apportioned to her own fault, and that denied the employer an offset to the short-term disability it had paid. ...Read More | |||
