Workers' Compensation News
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Chesapeake Announces $55 Million Dividend, 8% Rate Decrease | 03/03/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The board of directors for Maryland's Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Co. declared the company's highest-ever policyholder dividend of $55 million for 2025. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim for Hearing Loss Conditions | 02/28/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for his hearing loss and tinnitus. Case: In the Matter of Fishe...Read More | |||
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Coal Miner's Widow Can Benefit From Presumption of Occupational Pneumoconiosis | 02/27/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a coal miner’s widow, finding that a statutory presumption of occupational pneumoconiosis applied to her claim even though the miner’s death was caused by an acute illness as opposed to a chronic pulmonary condition. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Worker's Labor Law Claim, Grants Partial Summary Judgment | 02/27/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries from being struck by falling concrete and granted him summary judgment against some of the defendants. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier, Agent Have No Duty to Defend Third-Party Defendant in Worker's Suit | 02/26/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier and its managing general agent had no duty to defend or indemnify its insured against a third-party claim filed by the owner of property at which the insured’s employee allegedly suffered injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Overturns Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claims as Premature | 02/25/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court partially overturned a grant of summary judgment for a defendant in a Labor Law case as premature. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Employer's Petition for Review of Worker's Black Lung Benefits Award | 02/25/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court denied an employer petition for review of an award of Black lung benefits to a longtime coal miner. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Reissues Decision Vacating Award of Payment for Attendant Care Services | 02/21/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court reissued a decision vacating an award for attendant care services provided by a worker’s husband to clarify its reasoning. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Part of Worker's Labor Law Action | 02/21/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of part of a worker’s Labor Law claim. Case: Jagdeo v. Borden House Co...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Employer's Attempt to Appeal Decision Reinstating Worker's Claim | 02/21/2025 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals dismissed an employer’s attempt to appeal the Workers’ Compensation Commission's decision to reinstate a worker’s claim for additional medical benefits. ...Read More | |||
