Workers' Compensation News
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Court Rejects COVID-19 Death Benefits Over 'Unreliable' Expert Testimony | 04/30/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court affirmed a decision denying a family's bid for workers' compensation death benefits, ruling that it could not find error in a lower court's decision to exclude an expert's opinion as unreliable. ...Read More | |||
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State Officials Ask DOL to Drop 'Economic Realities' Test Proposal for Contractors | 04/30/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A group of 20 state officials submitted a comment urging the U.S. Department of Labor to withdraw its proposal to relax standards for independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Third-Party Defendant Doesn't Deserve Summary Judgment | 04/30/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a third-party defendant in a Labor Law action was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the indemnification and contribution claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Additional Treatment, Closure of Worker's Claim | 04/30/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a denial of additional treatment and the closure of a worker's claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Benefits for Injuries From Unexplained Fall | 04/30/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment that found a worker was entitled to benefits for her injury from an unexplained fall. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court: 125 Days Qualify as 'Year' of Coal Mine Employment | 04/30/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a worker needs to prove only that he worked for 125 days in coal mines during a calendar year to have a “year” of qualifying coal mine employment for purposes of the Black Lung Benefits Act presumption. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Firefighter, Carroll County Presumption Bills | 04/30/2026 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed bills that aim to make it easier for specified first responders to receive workers' compensation benefits for heart disease and hypertension. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Audit Penalties Reach $1M for 2024 | 04/29/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation issued administrative penalties totaling a little more than $1 million following 36 random and four targeted audits in 2024 that found $442,661 in unpaid compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Exclusivity Thwarts Efforts to Compensate Teachers for School Shootings | 04/29/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Lawmakers might have overlooked the fact that workers' compensation is the exclusive remedy for injuries arising from employment when they passed a law allowing teachers to sue school districts over school shootings, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Defendant; Worker Gets Summary Judgment Instead | 04/29/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court vacated a grant of summary judgment for the defendant on a Labor Law claim and granted summary judgment for the worker. ...Read More | |||
