Workers' Compensation News
| IAIABC Accepting Nominations for NextGen Awards | 01/29/2026 | ||
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| The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions on Wednesday opened nominations for its 10th annual NextGen Awards. The association said the awards recognize people under 40 who are positively impacting the workers' compensation industry and doing exemplary...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Waives Right to Cross-Examine Employer's Expert | 01/23/2026 | |
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| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a worker waived the right to cross-examine her employer’s expert witness. Case...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Can't Proceed With Malpractice Claim Against Former Attorneys | 01/14/2026 | |
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| The Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of an injured worker’s malpractice claim against his former attorneys. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Injured Police Officer Gets SEBs Based on Normal Wages Plus Extra-Duty Assignments | 01/13/2026 | |
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| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured police officer was entitled to supplemental earnings benefits based on his full-time income and the extra-duty assignments coordinated by the department. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Establishes Entitlement to Expand Scope of Claim | 12/30/2025 | |
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| An Ohio appellate court upheld a trial judge’s determination that an injured worker should have been allowed to expand the scope of her claim. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Carriers Have No Duty to Indemnify Employer for Worker's Fatal Accident | 12/22/2025 | |
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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 | |||
