Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Court Overturns Partial Summary Judgment for Worker on Labor Law Claims | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned partial summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claims for his alleged fall on a staircase. Case...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Uninsured Employer, Death Benefit Bills | 08/22/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly Appropriations Committee unanimously passed bills to bolster the ability of the Department of Industrial Relations to recover money from illegally uninsured employers and align death benefits for first responders with changes made by the Affordable Care Act. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Disqualification of Law Firm Representing Firefighter's Widow | 08/22/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court upheld a judge's decision to disqualify a law firm from continuing to represent a firefighter’s widow due to a conflict of interest created by the hiring of a new attorney. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Can't Recover Benefits Sent to Worker as Overpayments | 08/21/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that the temporary total disability benefits sent to a worker after she had returned to work did not constitute overpayments that an insurance carrier could recover. ...Read More | |||
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Custodian Gets Award for Multiple Injuries, but Not Total Disability | 08/20/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld an award of benefits to a custodian with a long history of health ailments, as well as a determination that he was not permanently and totally disabled. ...Read More | |||
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CCWC Seeks Session Proposals for 2026 Conference | 08/19/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The California Coalition on Workers' Compensation is accepting session proposals for its 2026 annual educational conference. CCWC sai...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Worker's Labor Law Claim for Amputated Finger | 08/19/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims for an accident that resulted in the amputation of a finger. ...Read More | |||
