Workers' Compensation News
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Exclusivity Doesn't Bar Worker's Suit for Being Run Over by Trailer | 08/18/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that exclusivity did not bar a worker’s civil suit against his employer for his injuries from being run over by an equipment trailer. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Pleads Guilty in Deadly Nitrogen Leak | 08/14/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health announced that a food processing plant pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts related to the deaths of two workers. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Not Liable for Worker's COVID Death | 08/14/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Texas employer could not be held civilly liable for a worker’s death from COVID-19. C...Read More | |||
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Employer Gets Reinstatement of Dispute Over Unpaid Premiums | 08/06/2025 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals overturned summary judgment ordering an employer to pay the premium calculated by its insurance carrier, plus interest, finding there was a triable issue as to whether certain subcontractors were misclassified. ...Read More | |||
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Electronic Filing of Claim Adjustment Application Becomes Mandatory | 07/30/2025 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Worker's Compensation Board of Indiana announced that claim adjustment applications must be filed electronically, starting Friday. ...Read More | |||
| Educational Sessions to Cover Basics of Comp | 07/18/2025 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation is providing free training for providers over the next month on the basics of work comp. The division's Workers' Comp Boot Camp kicks off Tuesday with a 90-minute introductory session covering the basics of work comp. It will...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
