Workers' Compensation News
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Court Overturns State's Win Against Worker Allegedly Hurt While Exiting Moving Vehicle | 03/24/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for the state on a worker’s Labor Law claim for her alleged injuries from attempting to exit a moving vehicle. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Not Liable for Medical Costs Associated With Worker's Travel to Visit Family | 03/20/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that the costs associated with a tetraplegic worker’s travel to visit family out of state did not qualify for coverage as medical benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Entitled to Reimbursement of Settlement, Plus Fees, Costs, Interest | 03/20/2026 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Indiana Supreme Court ruled that an insurance carrier that covered an assigned risk employer was entitled to reimbursement from the Compensation Rating Bureau for its settlement of a claim against the employer, plus interest, fees and expenses from litigating its right to be repaid. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment on Claim for Pallet Jack Accident | 03/20/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment that dismissed a worker’s Labor Law claims arising from a pallet jack accident. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Worker Shouldn't Have Received Summary Judgment for Fall From Dumpster | 03/20/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should not have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from falling from a dumpster. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Bill Proposes Another Expansion of Airport Firefighter Presumption | 03/19/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers are proposing to eliminate the requirement that airport firefighters complete a state-mandated training program to qualify for certain workers' compensation presumptions. ...Read More | |||
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Civil Claim for Worker's Car Accident Dismissed as Untimely | 03/19/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s civil claims arising from a work-related car accident as time-barred. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Judgment for Worker on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Ladder | 03/19/2026 | |
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| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to a worker on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Faking Injuries | 03/19/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A former Rikers Island correctional officer admitted to falsely claiming he was injured while on duty following use-of-force incidents with inmates, federal prosecutors in New York announced. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Jury's $4.5 Million Verdict for Worker's Sawmill Accident | 03/18/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld a jury’s $4.5 million verdict for a worker injured in an accident in a sawmill. Antonio Mu...Read More | |||
