Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Gets Summary Dismissal of Exemplary Damages Claim for Grain Bin Worker's Death | 01/09/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a claim for exemplary damages against an employer for a worker’s fatal grain bin accident. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Make Employers Liable for Treating Undocumented Workers' Injuries | 01/09/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida employers could lose their business license if they shift the costs of treating undocumented workers' occupational injuries to workers' compensation carriers or public health programs such as Medicare or Medicaid, under bills introduced this week. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Rejects Compensability of Worker's Motorcycle Accident | 01/09/2026 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker’s injuries from a motorcycle accident while he was on a personal errand were not compensable. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Repeals Expired, Invalid Rules | 01/09/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation repealed rules that have expired or that it says are no longer valid. The division repe...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim for Knee Injury | 01/09/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for a knee injury. Case: Underwo...Read More | |||
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Court: Worker Should Have Been Granted Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 01/09/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim and that one defendant should have had some of the claims against it dismissed as well. ...Read More | |||
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Maximum Benefits Increasing 4.2% | 01/09/2026 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission announced that maximum benefits for injuries, illnesses and deaths increased 4.2% to match an increase in the state's average weekly wage. ...Read More | |||
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Orange County Judge Pleads Guilty to Defrauding SIBTF | 01/08/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Orange County Superior Court Judge Israel Claustro on Wednesday agreed to plead guilty to a felony mail fraud charge for knowingly paying a provider suspended from California's workers' compensation system to write medical-legal reports connected to claims involving the Subsequent Injurie...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Award Closing Claim Without Permanent Impairment | 01/08/2026 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that an administrative law judge's award closing a claim with no permanent impairment was supported by reasonable evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Court Publishes Decision on Calculating Wages Upon Return to Full-Time Work | 01/08/2026 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals published a decision setting aside an award that was based on a wage calculation that failed to account for what the injured worker was reasonably capable of earning. ...Read More | |||
