Workers' Compensation News
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Court Overturns Worker's Award of SEBs, Part of Penalty Award | 06/09/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court overturned a worker’s award of supplemental earnings benefits and a $2,000 penalty against her employer. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Summary Judgment Should Have Been Granted to Worker for Fall From Ladder | 06/09/2026 | |
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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 his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Is Exclusive Remedy for Worker Killed During Unpaid Meal Break | 06/05/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers' compensation is the exclusive remedy for the family and estate of a worker who was murdered during an unpaid lunch break in his employer's parking lot, a California appeals court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Court Finds No Error in Striking Employer's Defenses for Discovery Violations | 06/04/2026 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New Jersey appeals court held that a judge of compensation did not abuse her discretion in striking an employer's defenses and ordering it to authorize recommended treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Owes No Coverage to Labor Law Defendants | 06/04/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier was entitled to a declaratory judgment that it owed no coverage to the defendants in two Labor Law actions. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI: Claims Down, Losses Up for Private Self-Insured Employers | 06/03/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Private self-insured employers reported fewer claims in 2025, but initial data shows signs of rising claim costs, the California Workers' Compensation Institute said. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim for Exposure to Solvent | 06/03/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim of injury from his exposure to a chemical solvent. ...Read More | |||
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Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty in Quarter-Million Dollar Fraud Case | 06/02/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A former New York corrections officer pleaded guilty to making a false statement relating to healthcare matters and agreed to pay nearly a quarter of a million dollars in restitution. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reverses Trial Judge's Determination of Carrier's Subrogation Interest | 06/02/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court overturned a trial court’s determination that a workers’ compensation insurance carrier was not entitled to recover the $350,000 it paid in medical benefits for a teacher’s injuries before her death. ...Read More | |||
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Court Grants Labor Law Defendant's Motion for Entry of Default | 06/02/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a motion by a Labor Law defendant for entry of a default judgment on its third-party claims should have been granted. ...Read More | |||
