Workers' Compensation News
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Court Revives Claim for Worker Injured While Using Bucket as Step | 05/06/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a worker’s Labor Law claim for injuries that happened while trying to prevent himself from falling from the inverted bucket he was using to work at an elevation. ...Read More | |||
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Corporate Parent of Borrowing Employer Not Civilly Liable for Worker's Injuries | 05/05/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court overturned a jury’s finding that a borrowing employer’s corporate parent was civilly liable to a worker for his on-the-job injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Jury Verdict, $1.84 Million Award for Worker's Injuries | 05/05/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court overturned a jury verdict and award of $1.84 million to a worker on his claim for injuries sustained while the defendant and his employer were performing work as independent contractors on an oil and gas well. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Amended Premium Fraud Reporting Measure | 05/02/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A policy committee in the California Senate passed an amended bill relating to premium fraud investigations. The Senate Committee on Labor, Public Emp...Read More | |||
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Committee OKs First Responder Subrogation Bill | 05/01/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate labor policy committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would require certain first responders to receive at least two-thirds of the amount an employer recovers from a third party on a subrogation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Closure of Worker's Claim Without Permanent Impairment | 05/01/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the closure of a worker’s claim without permanent impairment. Case: Villegas v. Indust...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
