Workers' Compensation News
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Legislators Seek to Block ABC Rule Amendments | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Two New Jersey Republican lawmakers are trying to block rules that the Department of Labor and Workforce Development proposed to clarify its interpretation of the ABC test of employment. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Declines to Hear Challenge in Case Involving Benefits for Undocumented Workers | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| Michigan's Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision Friday, denied an application to review an appellate court decision dismissing a constitutional challenge to the law used to withhold indemnity benefits from undocumented workers who used fraudulent documents to secure a job. ...Read More | |||
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SIF Assessment to Increase Again in 2026 | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Board of Indiana announced that the total Second Injury Fund assessment will increase again next year. The total ass...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Carrier Didn't Waive Venue Objection After Unsuccessful Removal of Case | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that an insurance carrier did not waive its objection to the venue where it tried to have a case removed. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Rate Cuts Getting Smaller, but Decreases Expected to Continue | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance said it doesn't anticipate an immediate end to the trend of annual reductions in loss costs and rates, even if the extent of the cuts has decreased in recent years. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Worker's Deliberate Intention Claim Against Supervisor Who Hit Him With Truck | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals reinstated a worker’s deliberate intention claim against his supervisor, who allegedly struck him with a moving truck. ...Read More | |||
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Insured's Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Bars Counterclaim in Premium Dispute | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that an insured’s failure to exhaust its administrative remedies prohibited it from asserting a counterclaim for unjust enrichment in a dispute over unpaid premiums. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Tripped on Makeshift Ramp Gets Summary Judgment | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from tripping on the edge of a makeshift ramp. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Comp Judge Can Rule on Law She Sponsored in Assembly | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed an appellate decision allowing a...Read More | |||
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Employer of Injured Worker Accused of Not Carrying Comp | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice on Thursday announced that a business owner was arrested and charged with failing to provide workers' compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
