Workers' Compensation News
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Lawmaker Proposes Tightening Causation Standards, Lowering Benefits | 01/14/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Republican lawmaker introduced bills that would tighten Illinois' causation standards, reduce certain schedule loss of use awards to what they were two decades ago and require reducing work comp benefits owed to those who have suffered a subsequent injury. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Summary Judgment | 01/13/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court waded through a host of claims related to a worker’s alleged construction-site injuries and found that one party was entitled to summary judgment on the claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Seeks to Clarify Mental Stress Coverage | 01/08/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York lawmaker proposed language to clarify a 2024 measure expanding coverage for mental stress. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Summary Judgment | 12/24/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claims against it but that the trial justice erred in vacating a prior grant of partial summary judgment against two other defendants. ...Read More | |||
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LWCC Acquiring Prescient National | 12/20/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corp. announced that it is acquiring North Carolina-based work comp carrier Prescient National. "The a...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Announces Cold Weather Safety Rules | 12/18/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York State Department of Labor on Tuesday announced new guidance for employers to protect outdoor workers during extreme cold weather. D...Read More | |||
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L&I Fines Asbestos Contractors, Seeks Decertification | 12/16/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that it levied nearly a half-million dollars in fines against two asbestos removal contractors for exposing workers to extremely hazardous conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Summary Dismissal of Fatal Fall Claim | 12/12/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that one Labor Law defendant was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the claims against it for a worker’s fatal fall, but the other defendants were not. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Not Entitled to Summary Judgment | 12/09/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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Loss Costs to Decrease 5.3% in 2025 | 12/04/2024 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers' compensation loss cost rates will decrease by an average of 5.3% in Missouri, effective Jan. 1. The National Council on Compensatio...Read More | |||
