Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Employment Finding, Sanctions, but Overturns Penalty | 04/10/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that an injured worker was a business's employee and that the company should have had workers’ compensation coverage for him, but the court said a penalty calculation was improper. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Worker Who Fell From Ladder Deserved Summary Judgment | 04/10/2026 | |
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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 summary judgment on her Labor Law claim for a fall from a ladder. Cas...Read More | |||
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Court: Worker Entitled to Partial Summary Judgment on Claim | 04/09/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to only partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a trip-and-fall accident. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Reconsideration of Worker's Request for Penalties | 04/09/2026 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court turned down reconsideration of a worker's denied request for penalties over a carrier’s late settlement payment. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Claim for Worker's Fatal Fall From Roof | 04/08/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the dismissal of a widow’s claim for a roofing foreman's fatal injuries from a fall. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms PTD Benefits for Laid-Off Worker | 04/06/2026 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed the finding that an injured worker in a position her employer created to accommodate her disability was entitled to permanent total disability benefits following a general layoff due to a plant closure. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Bill to Make Assessments More Precise | 04/06/2026 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A bill that would allow the Division of Workers' Compensation to more precisely calculate annual taxes and surcharge rates is moving through the Missouri General Assembly. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Worker's Claim of Not Receiving Full PPD Award | 04/03/2026 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a series of decisions by the Workers’ Compensation Commission denying a worker’s allegations that he had not been paid his award of permanent partial disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Take-Nothing Judgment on Injured Longshoreman's Negligence Claim | 04/02/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld a take-nothing judgment on an injured longshoreman’s negligence claims. Case: Norman v. Kahn Schee...Read More | |||
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Construction Manager Gets Partial Summary Judgment on Worker's Labor Law Claims | 04/01/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the construction manager for a project was entitled to partial summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s negligence and Labor Law claims against it. ...Read More | |||
