Workers' Compensation News
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Insurance Carriers Have No Duty to Indemnify Employer for Worker's Fatal Accident | 12/22/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that an Ohio employer’s insurance carriers had no obligation to indemnify it for the settlement it paid to the family of a worker who was killed on the job. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Carrier Has Duty to Defend General Contractor From Civil Suit | 12/17/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a determination that a subcontractor’s insurance carrier had a duty to defend the general contractor from a civil suit by the subcontractor’s injured employee. ...Read More | |||
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Insured's Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Bars Counterclaim in Premium Dispute | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that an insured’s failure to exhaust its administrative remedies prohibited it from asserting a counterclaim for unjust enrichment in a dispute over unpaid premiums. ...Read More | |||
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IAIABC Opens Registration for 2026 Forum | 12/10/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions opened registration for its 2026 Forum, set for April 20-22 in Greenville, South Carolina. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Doesn't Justify Reopening Settlement | 12/02/2025 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An injured worker failed to prove that her employer obtained a settlement through fraud or that she didn't understand the agreement before she signed it, a Colorado appeals court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Insured Assessment Factor Increasing Slightly in 2026 | 12/01/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The total assessment factor for insured employers will increase by a little more than 3% in 2026, according to notices the California Department of Industrial Relations sent last week. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Volunteer EMT Gets Award of TTD | 12/01/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Maryland Appellate Court upheld a jury’s determination that an injured volunteer emergency medical technician was entitled to temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Police Officer Loses Challenge to Commencement Date of Disability Benefits, Amount | 11/25/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court rejected an injured police officer's challenges to the proper date of commencement for his disability pension payments and the amount of those benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker's Employer Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Third-Party Claims | 11/17/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker’s employer was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the third-party claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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ICT: Comp Market Stable, Faces New Legislative and Compliance Shifts | 11/12/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Employers, workers and insurers in the Lone Star state continue to benefit from reforms enacted two decades ago, the Insurance Council of Texas said in a new report. ...Read More | |||
