Workers' Compensation News
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Auditor: Understaffing, Process Deficiencies Hamper Enforcement of Worksite Safety Rules | 07/31/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Understaffing and process deficiencies are the root causes of gaps in the ability of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health to monitor workplaces and protect workers, according to a recent audit. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Upholds $1M Jury Award in Wrongful Death Claim | 07/30/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld a jury award of $1 million in a wrongful death suit after rejecting defendants' argument that the Privette doctrine shielded them from liability. ...Read More | |||
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ALJ Must Address Possible Consequential Disability From Injury | 07/28/2025 | |
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| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a case had to be remanded for a judge to address whether a worker’s disability was a natural and probable consequence of an injury. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Gets Fee Based on Worker's Net SLU Award | 07/11/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld attorney fees based on a worker’s net schedule loss of use award as a lien. Case: Matt...Read More | |||
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Another Lawsuit Alleges Widespread Scheme to Stage Accidents | 07/02/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two insurance companies filed a federal lawsuit accusing a prominent New York personal injury law firm and dozens of doctors, clinics and other defendants of orchestrating a massive fraud scheme built around staged construction accidents, medically unnecessary treatments and inflated settlement d...Read More | |||
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Association Not Proper Party to Widow's Claim for Benefits | 07/02/2025 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the state’s Self-Insurance Security Association was not a proper party to a widow’s claim for benefits after her late husband’s self-insured employer went insolvent. ...Read More | |||
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Auditor Says State Paid $18,900 in SIF Benefits to Deceased Worker | 07/01/2025 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court inappropriately paid $18,900 in Second Injury Fund benefits to a deceased worker, according to a report by the state's auditor. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Committee Passes Contractor Coverage Measure | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A committee in the California Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would require the Contractors State License Board to report on violations of work comp coverage requirements. ...Read More | |||
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Accident Exacerbates Worker's Preexisting Condition, Causes Distinct New Injury | 06/24/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker’s accident exacerbated a preexisting condition and caused a new, distinct injury. ...Read More | |||
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Ametros Names Andrea Mills President | 06/20/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Ametros on Wednesday named Andrea Mills president, effective July 1. ...Read More | |||
