Workers' Compensation News
| Educational Sessions to Cover Basics of Comp | 07/18/2025 | ||
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| 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 | |||
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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 | |||
