Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Splits on Subcontractor's Obligation to Indemnify General for Worker's Injuries | 12/29/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided New York Court of Appeals ruled that a subcontractor on a construction project was not obligated to indemnify a general contractor for injuries that a different subcontractor’s employee suffered while using the first subcontractor’s broken ladder without permission....Read More | |||
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High Court Creates Employment Test for Vendor Relationships | 12/26/2025 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee Supreme Court, in reversing lower court decisions dismissing a sales representative's negligence action, created an initial test to assess the nature of a vendor agreement before delving into whether a vendor can be considered a statutory employer. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Defines Aggravation of Preexisting Condition Under 2013 Reforms | 12/24/2025 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tennessee Supreme Court said workers' compensation reforms enacted in 2013 require proof that work contributed more than 50% to aggravating a preexisting condition and that the aggravation contributed more than 50% to causing death, disablement or the need for medical treatment. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Declines to Hear Challenge in Case Involving Benefits for Undocumented Workers | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Michigan's Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision Friday, denied an application to review an appellate court decision dismissing a constitutional challenge to the law used to withhold indemnity benefits from undocumented workers who used fraudulent documents to secure a job. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Comp Judge Can Rule on Law She Sponsored in Assembly | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed an appellate decision allowing a...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Finding That Firefighter Gets No Recovery for Recurrence of Injury | 12/08/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Supreme Court upheld a determination that an injured firefighter was not entitled to any recovery for a worsening back injury because it was a recurrence of a prior injury for which he had executed a release and settlement. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Affirms Prevalence Assessment for COVID-19 Infections | 12/01/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York's top court endorsed a method for workers to prove extraordinary COVID-19 exposure through frequent contact with the public or co-workers in areas where the virus is prevalent. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Finds PTSD Claims for COVID-19 Exposure Not Compensable | 11/26/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New York's highest court said the State Workers' Compensation Board was not required to consider the prevalence of COVID-19 in the workplace when it rejected pandemic-related stress claims. ...Read More | |||
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Home Health Becomes Major Cost Driver for Most Severe Claims | 11/14/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Home health services account for more than a quarter of medical spending on $1 million workers' compensation claims, despite representing less than 3% of typical cases, the National Council on Compensation Insurance said in a research brief. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Won't Review Judge's Refusal to Set Aside Errant Benefit Notice | 10/31/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied a petition to review a judge's refusal to set aside a notice accepting liability for a firefighter's cancer claim that a city had intended to deny. ...Read More | |||
