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Attorney General Approves $7.4 Billion Opioid Settlement 06/18/2025
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Monday that 55 state and territorial attorneys general have agreed to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma LP and its owners, the Sackler family, to resolve litigation over the creation of the national opioid crisis....Read More
 
 

High Court: Worker Not Required to File Comp Claim Before Suing Employer 06/18/2025
State: TX | Segment: Top | 0
The Texas Supreme Court said the Division of Workers' Compensation does not have exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether an injury was work-related in a dispute arising outside of the context of compensability and when the relief requested by the injured worker does not depend on entitlem...Read More
 
 

Hawaii Unseats New Jersey as Most Expensive State in DCBS Study 06/18/2025
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0
Hawaii completed a 10-year march to become the most expensive jurisdiction for workers' compensation coverage in the semi-annual interstate rate comparison published by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. ...Read More
 
 

Chesapeake Policyholders Reelect Two Board Members 06/18/2025
State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0
Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Co. announced that policyholders reelected Jason Schupp and John J. Scott Jr. to continue serving on the carrier's board of directors. ...Read More
 
 

Carrier Doesn't Owe Coverage for Injured Carpenter's Claim 06/18/2025
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0
A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier did not owe coverage for an injured carpenter’s claim. Case: ...Read More
 
 

Pizzeria Worker Gets Benefits for Burn Injuries Despite Workplace Intoxication 06/18/2025
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0
A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a pizzeria worker for his burn injuries despite his intoxication at the time of the accident. ...Read More
 
 

Supreme Court Denies Additional PPD for Worker's Back Injury 06/18/2025
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to any additional permanent partial disability for a back injury from a slip-and-fall accident. ...Read More
 
 

Court Differentiates Horseplay From Assault, Denies Benefits to Worker Struck by Golf Cart 06/18/2025
State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0
The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to benefits for his injuries from being struck by a co-worker driving a golf cart, since he was the victim of assault and battery, not a practical joke gone wrong. ...Read More
 
 

Worker Must File Comp Claim Before Suing Employer 06/17/2025
State: FL | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal
Florida workers can't unilaterally decide that an injury explicitly excluded from workers' compensation coverage is not compensable before suing their employers in tort, a state appellate court ruled. ...Read More
 
 

Worker Gets Benefits for Parking Lot Fall 06/17/2025
State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor
A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a woman for her injuries from a fall in the parking lot adjacent to her workplace after she arrived to begin her workday. ...Read More
 
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