Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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High Court: Landlord Failed to Rebut Presumption That Tenant Was Employee | 04/25/2025 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Hawaii Supreme Court held that a landlord failed to rebut the presumption that a tenant who performed maintenance work under a lease agreement was an employee who could pursue a comp claim for injuries sustained after falling from a roof. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Overturns Denial of Benefits | 04/22/2025 | |
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| State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Dakota Supreme Court overturned a denial of benefits to a worker, finding that his work injury was a major contributing cause of his condition and need for treatment, but the court upheld a finding that he was not permanently and totally disabled. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Compensability of Lineman's COVID-19 Disability | 04/17/2025 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts upheld an award of benefits to a lineman for his total disability after a COVID-19 infection. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Rejects City's Argument to Recover $106,000 in Overpayments to Firefighter | 04/14/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York’s highest court rejected a city’s efforts to claw back $106,000 in overpayments to an injured firefighter. The New York Court ...Read More | |||
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Housekeeper Not Permanently Totally Disabled by Injuries, Depression | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that an injured housekeeper was not permanently and totally disabled by his physical injuries and consequential depression. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: New Presumption Law Doesn't Apply to Pending Claims | 03/28/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A man with brain cancer is not able to avail himself of statutory changes intended to make it easier for firefighters to invoke a presumption that the condition arose out of employment because it wasn't in effect when he filed his claim, Arizona's Supreme Court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Allow Nurse Practitioners to Diagnose PTSD | 03/25/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill that would allow nurse practitioners to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder. Although no...Read More | |||
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High Court: Underinsured Motorist Exclusion Hinges on Availability of Comp Benefits | 03/24/2025 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A district court erred in concluding that statutory limitations on underinsured motorist insurance that excludes coverage for benefits available through workers' compensation applied without regard to whether the benefits were available for a specific claimant, the Utah Supreme Court ruled....Read More | |||
