Workers' Compensation News
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Former SF Official Sentenced to Three Years for Fraud Scheme | 01/06/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former City of San Francisco employee was sentenced to three years in state prison for defrauding the city out of more than $627,000, the District Attorney's Office announced. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Worker's Claim for Herniated Nucleus Pulposus | 01/06/2026 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Idaho Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for benefits for a herniated nucleus pulposus. The case was Proulx v. Sa...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker Attacked by iPad-Wielding Patient | 01/06/2026 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court upheld the denial of a home health aide’s claim for benefits for her injuries from being hit by a patient with an iPad. ...Read More | |||
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Health Care Worker Gets 13% PPD Award for Back Injury | 01/06/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a 13% permanent partial impairment for an injured health care worker. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Benefits Without Proof of Reattachment to Labor Market | 01/06/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to reinstatement of his indemnity benefits without evidence that he had reattached to the labor market. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Loses Claims Against Counsel for Widow Who Fraudulently Sought LHWCA Benefits | 01/05/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of an insurance carrier’s claims against an attorney and his firm for representing a widow who fraudulently sought benefits under the Longshore & Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Companies Face More Than $300,000 in Proposed Fines for Excavation Hazards | 01/05/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries said two construction companies face more than $300,000 in combined fines for allegedly exposing a crew of concrete workers to life-threatening cave-ins and excavation hazards and ignoring an order to stop work at the site. ...Read More | |||
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Auto Insurance Provider Owes No Coverage to Insured's Injured Employee | 01/05/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an automobile liability insurance provider had no duty to cover an insured’s employee for his alleged injuries from a motor vehicle accident. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Revies Worker's Labor Law Claim for Trip and Fall | 01/05/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from tripping over asphalt debris at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Closure of Worker's Claim for TTD | 01/05/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the closure of a worker’s claim for temporary total disability benefits after a doctor opined that he had reached maximum medical improvement and was capable of returning to work. ...Read More | |||
