Workers' Compensation News
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Court Says Miner Proved Work, Not Smoking, Caused COPD | 06/06/2025 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Court Affirms Partial Summary Judgment on Worker's Claim for Alleged Excavator Accident | 06/05/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that partial summary judgment was appropriate on a worker’s negligence claim for his injuries from allegedly being struck by the bucket of an excavator. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding of Lost Wage-Earning Capacity for Injured Worker | 06/05/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker suffered a loss of wage-earning capacity from a back injury and an industrial loss of use of her leg due to a knee injury. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI: Long COVID Consumes 75% of Related Claim Payments | 06/04/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute reported that cases of long COVID account for a disproportionate share of costs among claims for COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Bills Heading to Governor | 06/03/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Texas lawmakers voted to send the governor bills that would allow remote contested case hearings, eliminate group self-insurance coverage and govern the use of artificial intelligence in claims handling. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Misconduct Findings Against Fugitive Uwaydah's Frontline Medical | 06/02/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that multiple abuses of the discovery process and a pattern of intentionally false or misleading statements were sufficient for a Los Angeles court to grant case-terminating sanctions and dismiss a lawsuit filed by a company affiliated with fugitive Munir Uwayda...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Intentional Tort Claims Against Statutory Employer | 06/02/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of two workers’ intentional tort claims against their statutory employer for their burn injuries in a refinery accident. ...Read More | |||
