Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Gets Reimbursement for Wages Paid to Worker During Disability | 02/18/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that an employer was entitled to reimbursement for the wages it paid an injured worker during her period of disability. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Doesn't Violate FEHA When Worker Never Requests Accommodation | 02/06/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court ruled that an employer did not violate the Fair Employment and Housing Act by failing to engage in the interactive process or provide a reasonable accommodation when a worker never explicitly requested such an accommodation. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Refusal to Reduce Lien Doesn't Constitute Bad Faith | 01/17/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an employer’s refusal to negotiate the amount of its subrogation lien does not constitute deliberate bad faith conduct that could result in the modification, reduction or waiver of its lien. ...Read More | |||
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Election of Remedies Defeats Worker's Civil Suit Over Finger Amputation | 01/14/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s civil suit against his employer for the traumatic amputation of his finger in a conveyor belt accident. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Procedural Error Voids Favorable Summary Judgment | 01/03/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that an employer’s failure to provide notice of a proposed judgment to the Division of Workers’ Compensation rendered the judgment void. ...Read More | |||
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Employee of Uninsured Employer Can't Proceed With Claim Against Auto Insurer | 01/03/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured worker’s suit against an automobile insurance carrier for coverage of his economic losses because his employer was uninsured, and he could not apply for workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Electrician Injured by Falling Beam Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 12/18/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an electrician should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from being struck by a falling beam. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Liable for Award Despite Worker's Later Exposure to Coal Dust at Different Job | 12/09/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was entitled to benefits for his occupational pneumoconiosis from the employer that was not the last to expose him to coal dust. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Fined $730,369 in Drowning Case | 12/06/2024 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed $730,369 in penalties for violating commercial diving standards that resulted in the drowning of an 18-year-old worker. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Doesn't Bar Worker's Claims for False Light, Defamation Against Employer | 12/02/2024 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii ruled that workers’ compensation exclusivity did not bar an employee from bringing defamation and false light claims against his employer and that the dismissal of a negligence claim should have been without prejudice. ...Read More | |||
