Workers' Compensation News
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Crackdown on Tech in Workplace Could Hit Comp | 06/12/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| ANAHEIM, Calif. — Bills aiming to regulate how employers use technology to monitor employees and requiring disclosure of automated decision-making systems could have unintended consequences for California’s workers’ compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Bill to Fight Misclassification in Construction Industry | 06/12/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Pennsylvania's Senate Labor and Industry Committee on Tuesday unanimously passed legislation that aims to beef up protection for construction workers who are misclassified as independent contractors, a common practice in the industry. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Revives Worker's Labor Law Claim | 06/12/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an individual Labor Law defendant was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a claim against him, but the worker’s claim against his company should have been allowed to proceed. ...Read More | |||
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Court Publishes Decision Applying Sovereign Immunity to Tribal Health Care Organization | 06/11/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court on Tuesday ordered publication of a decision from last month that found tribal sovereign immunity shielded a nonprofit health care organization from a workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI Reports Small Drop in 2024 Premium | 06/11/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute reports that total direct written premium dropped to $11.7 billion in 2024 from $11.8 billion in 2023. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding That Driving Schools Were Same Employer for Comp Purposes | 06/11/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld an administrative determination that two businesses providing driving education were “essentially the same employer” for workers’ compensation purposes. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Miner Proved Work, Not Smoking, Caused COPD | 06/06/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| A federal court found that a former coal miner with a lengthy history of smoking provided sufficient evidence for a trial judge to conclude that his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was attributable at least in part to his work. ...Read More | |||
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Court Grants Partial Summary Judgment to Worker Who Fell From Platform | 06/06/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. Case: Riva...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Dismissal of Tort Complaint From School Worker Assaulted by Principal | 06/05/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court affirmed a trial court’s decision dismissing a tort complaint filed by a school maintenance worker who was kicked in the groin by the principal. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI Holding Case Law Program Sept. 9 | 06/05/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute is holding its annual case law program Sept. 9. The 27th annual California Workers&rsqu...Read More | |||
