Workers' Compensation News
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Court Reinstates Worker's Deliberate Intention Claim Against Supervisor Who Hit Him With Truck | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals reinstated a worker’s deliberate intention claim against his supervisor, who allegedly struck him with a moving truck. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Decision Expanding Worker's Claim, Authorizing More Treatment | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a Board of Review decision that expanded a worker’s claim and authorized additional treatment, holding that it failed to address a doctor's report finding the treatment unnecessary. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Closure of Worker's Claim for Injuries From Being Punched by Patient | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the closure of a worker’s claim for injuries from being punched in the jaw. Case: Zawa...Read More | |||
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Carrier Must Pay Bill for Worker's Knee Surgery | 12/11/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld an order from the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission ordering a carrier to pay the full amount billed by a treatment provider for an injured worker’s knee surgery. ...Read More | |||
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Contractor Fined $128,345 for Repeated Violations | 12/11/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined a contractor $128,345 for numerous violations, including repeated violations of fall protection standards. ...Read More | |||
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Court Nixes Requirement to Add Comp Coverage to FAIR Plans | 12/10/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Los Angeles County Superior Court erred when it found that California's insurance commissioner could require an insurer of last resort to offer incidental workers' compensation as part of its basic property insurance, an appeals court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Companion Bill Would Cover First Responders' Fundraising Injuries | 12/10/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A companion measure to a proposal to explicitly provide workers' compensation coverage for volunteer firefighters and paramedics injured during fundraising events was introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. ...Read More | |||
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Court: WCAB Has Duty to Flesh Out Witness Statements When Workers Can't Speak | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board had a duty to develop the record and ensure that qualified medical evaluators received witness statements regarding a worker before denying a petition for reconsideration, a California appellate court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes 'Worker Safety Day' Resolution | 12/08/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Assembly Labor Committee passed a resolution that would designate April 18 as Worker Safety Day. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker's Intentional Conduct Claim | 12/05/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld the summary dismissal of an injured worker’s intentional conduct claim against his employer. ...Read More | |||
