Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Orders Employer to Pay Specific Loss Benefits to Worker's Estate | 06/03/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed an appellate court and ordered an employer to pay specific loss benefits to the estate of a worker who died before the final adjudication of her claim. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Finds Nurse Had Compensable Claim for COVID-19 | 05/29/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a nurse at a county jail successfully proved that she contracted COVID-19 through employment. The...Read More | |||
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Health Care Worker's Claim for COVID-19 Infection Can't Be Revived | 05/28/2025 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that the Court of Civil Appeals erred in reviving a health care worker’s claim for benefits for her COVID-19 infection. ...Read More | |||
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High Court to Hear Arguments on Standards for Aggravation of Preexisting Condition | 05/23/2025 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee Supreme Court on Thursday will hear arguments in a case that seeks to clarify the appropriate standards for the aggravation of preexisting conditions. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Premium Audit, Fee Schedule Bills | 05/07/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Louisiana House of Representatives passed bills that would require medical fee schedules to be based on rates charged in neighboring states and would allow carriers to collect past-due premiums after payroll audits. ...Read More | |||
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House Gives Final Approval to TMIC Board Revisions | 05/06/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| State lawmakers on Friday gave final approval to a bill that would modify criteria for serving on the Texas Mutual Insurance Co. board of directors. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Extend Accreditation | 05/06/2025 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado House of Representatives passed a bill that would maintain the accreditation program through 2036 for health care providers treating injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Reliance on Occupational Diseases, Nonqualifying Conditions Fatal to SIF Claims | 05/05/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Supreme Court handed down two decisions finding that injured workers were not eligible for benefits from the state’s Second Injury Fund. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Negligence Claim Against Nonsubscriber Not an Action to Collect Benefits | 04/29/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Supreme Court said a negligence claim against a nonsubscribing employer is an action to recover damages that is distinct from an action to collect benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Homeowner Entitled to Summary Judgment Dismissing Worker's Labor Law Claims | 04/29/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to a property owner dismissing a worker’s Labor Law claims against her. C...Read More | |||
