Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Gets Summary Dismissal of Wrongful Death Suit | 07/17/2025 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was entitled to summary judgment dismissing an intentional tort claim against it over an employee’s fatal shooting of a co-worker. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Misrepresentations Excuse Delay in Submission of Worker's Claim | 07/17/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker’s claim was timely because the delay in its submission was caused by her employer's misrepresentations. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Gets Summary Judgment Dismissing Tort Claim for Worker's Death | 07/10/2025 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an employer should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a civil suit that asserted the company engaged in intentional misconduct that was substantially certain to result in the death of a worker. ...Read More | |||
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Emergency Room Nurse's Claim for COVID-19 Infection Denied | 07/09/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a judge’s order striking the affidavit by a nurse’s medical expert on causation as well as summary judgment dismissing her claim that she had contracted COVID-19 at work. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Bars Worker's Suit Against Colleague for Car Accident | 07/08/2025 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that exclusivity barred a worker’s suit against his colleague and their employer for his injuries from a car accident. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Shields Employer From Tort by Nondependent Child | 07/07/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Maryland Supreme Court said an employer that complies with the state's Workers' Compensation Act is shielded from wrongful death actions brought by a nondependent adult child. ...Read More | |||
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Ex-Police Officer's Deficient Briefing Compels Court to Uphold Dismissal of Her Claims | 07/03/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the dismissal of an injured police officer’s claims for wrongful termination and workers’ compensation retaliation. ...Read More | |||
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Ex-State Trooper Charged With Comp Fraud | 06/20/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former state trooper has been arrested and charged with fraudulently collecting more than $8,000 in workers’ compensation benefits while employed by the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can Proceed With Malicious Prosecution Claim Against Counsel for Injured Ex-Employee | 06/16/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld the denial of a special motion to strike a malicious prosecution action filed by an employer against a law firm and three attorneys who represented a former employee in a wrongful termination suit against it. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Doesn't Bar Worker's Civil Suit Over Mold-Infested Workspace | 06/10/2025 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals revived a worker’s civil suit against the owners of the mold-infested commercial property where he worked. ...Read More | |||
