Workers' Compensation News
| CompSource Pitches Conversion to Stock Carrier | 09/03/2025 | ||
| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| After about a decade of operating as a private mutual carrier, Oklahoma's CompSource Mutual Insurance Co. is proposing to convert to a stock carrier. The board of directors for CompSource in April approved a reorganization plan that includes forming a mutual insurance holding company ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Comp Is Exclusive Remedy for Worker Injured Tedding Hay | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A man was working in the course and scope of his employment for a water well drilling company when he was injured in a hay tedding accident on the personal farm of the company's owner, making workers' compensation his exclusive remedy, a Texas appellate court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Jury Verdict for Injured Truck Driver on Fraud Claims | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court overturned a jury verdict in favor of a truck driver and his company, finding they could not prove the causation element of their fraud claims based on the defendant’s failure to provide nonsubscriber insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding That Worker Suffered Discrete New Injury | 08/28/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker had suffered a discrete, new compensable back injury. Cas...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding of Compensability for Worker's Injuries but Overturns Award | 08/27/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a worker’s back and shoulder injuries but overturned his award of benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Credibility Question Prevents Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 08/27/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court said triable issues with a worker’s credibility warranted a denial of summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies State Fund Summary Judgment in Dispute Over AWW Calculation | 08/27/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana’s Workers’ Compensation Court denied a motion by State Fund seeking summary judgment as to the accuracy of the temporary total disability benefits paid to an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Finding That Farm Not Liable for Endemic Fungal Infection | 08/26/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals affirmed a jury's finding that a farm was not negligent or liable for a worker's endemic fungal infection. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds 12% PPD Award for Worker's Back Injury | 08/26/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 12% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s back injury. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court: Railway Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment on FELA Claim | 08/26/2025 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that a railway should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Federal Employers’ Liability Act claim. ...Read More | |||
