Workers' Compensation News
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CWCI: Return on Net Worth Jumped in 2023 | 04/30/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Recently reported data shows comp carriers in the Golden State saw their return on net worth climb to 14.5% in 2023 from 10.6% in 2022, according to a new bulletin by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Disability Pension for Firefighter | 04/30/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court overturned a denial of a duty-disability pension to an injured firefighter, finding the denial went against the manifest weight of the evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Claim From Staged Robbery Leads to Fraud Charges | 04/25/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Northern California man who staged a robbery of an Amazon delivery truck he was driving for work, then filed a workers’ compensation claim, was convicted of fraud, the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office announced. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Commission Welcomes New Deputies | 04/25/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Virginia's Workers' Compensation Commission has sworn in two deputies to serve as administrative law judges. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment in Labor Law Dispute | 04/25/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court revived multiple claims arising out of a worker’s alleged injuries at a construction site, finding that summary judgment was inappropriate because triable issues of fact remain. ...Read More | |||
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Contractor Liable for Paralyzed Worker's Injuries | 04/24/2025 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Michigan Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a contractor was liable for a paralyzed worker’s benefits as his statutory employer, given its contract with the apparent agent of the worker’s uninsured direct employer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies University Professor Benefits for Alleged Injury | 04/24/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a university professor’s claim for benefits for a compression fracture after he fell from a chair. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Has No Duty to Defend/Indemnify in Worker's Personal Injury Action | 04/24/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment that declared an insurance carrier had no obligation to defend or indemnify any entity involved in a worker’s civil suit over his alleged injuries at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Jury's Verdict Finding L.A. Failed to Engage in Interactive Process | 04/22/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court affirmed a jury’s finding that the Los Angeles Police Department failed to engage in the interactive process to find a reasonable accommodation for an injured officer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Continues to Deny Penalty, Reinstatement Petitions by Police Officers With COVID-19 | 04/22/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court is continuing its string of decisions rejecting reinstatement and penalty petitions by Philadelphia police officers who contracted COVID-19, adding that the humanitarian purpose of the Workers’ Compensation Act has not been violated by the denial of these petitio...Read More | |||
