Workers' Compensation News
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High Court: Speculative Medical Opinions Fail to Link Death From Cancer to Work Injury | 05/27/2026 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Expert medical testimony that a worker may have lived longer if treatment for an industrial injury had not delayed treatment for metastatic cancer was too speculative to support an award of benefits, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Summary Dismissal of Indemnification Claim Properly Denied | 05/27/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a third-party defendant in a Labor Law action was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the contractual indemnification claim against it. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Indemnification Claims Against Injured Worker's Employer | 05/27/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court revived the contractual indemnification claims by the defendants in a Labor Law action against the injured worker’s employer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding of Compensability for Worker's Ankle | 05/27/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker suffered a compensable injury when she rolled her ankle at work while rising from a chair. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Send Contractor Coverage Bill to Governor | 05/27/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Colorado lawmakers sent the governor a bill that would make proof of workers' compensation coverage a prerequisite to receive a building permit, construction permit or contractor license. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Qualifies as Independent Contractor of Painting Business | 05/27/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a determination that a worker who suffered injuries on his second day working for a longtime acquaintance’s painting business was an independent contractor, not an employee. ...Read More | |||
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Safety Standards Board Moves to Ban Some Artificial Stone Products | 05/26/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board granted a petition by the Western Occupational and Environmental Medicine Association to begin the process of prohibiting the fabrication and installation of artificial stone products containing more than 1% crystalline silica. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Sets Oral Argument in 'Mayor' for June 2 | 05/26/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Supreme Court on June 2 will hear oral arguments regarding the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's request to review an appellate court decision prohibiting the board from acting on petitions for reconsideration more than 60 days after they were filed. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Says Collateral Estoppel Law Applies to Nonfinal Actions | 05/26/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New York's top court held that a 2022 law barring virtually all workers' compensation decisions from binding future litigation applies to all pending and nonfinal actions. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI to Cover Fee Schedules, Medical Prices During June 11 Webinar | 05/26/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute is holding a webinar on June 11 that will focus on the design of fee schedule regulations and how they affect medical prices and payments across state workers’ compensation systems. ...Read More | |||
