Workers' Compensation News
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P&T Committee Meeting Oct. 21 | 09/16/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation announced that its Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee is meeting virtually Oct. 21. ...Read More | |||
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Pension Board Denies Injured Police Officer Due Process in Terminating Disability Benefits | 09/10/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court found that a pension board denied a former police officer due process in terminating his duty disability benefits, and that the board’s conclusion that he was no longer disabled was against the manifest weight of the evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Police Officer Charged With Fraud | 08/27/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Connecticut police officer receiving workers' compensation benefits for a knee injury was charged with fraud after he passed a fitness exam as part of the application process for another police department. ...Read More | |||
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Permanently, Totally Disabled Worker Limited to Schedule Benefit for Loss of Fingers | 08/04/2026 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals upheld a determination that a worker had suffered a permanent total disability and that he was limited to schedule benefits for the loss of his fingers. ...Read More | |||
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Pulp Mill Cited for Exposing Workers to Chemical Hazards | 07/31/2026 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed nearly $800,000 in penalties following an investigation into the release of a deadly gas at a Maine wood pulp mill that exposed workers to safety and health hazards that resulted in deaths. ...Read More | |||
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Pentagon Attack Survivor Gets Benefits for PTSD | 07/22/2026 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a survivor of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the Pentagon for her post-traumatic stress disorder. ...Read More | |||
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Part of Worker's Labor Law Claim Dismissed; 3rd-Party Defendants Get Partial Judgment, Too | 07/09/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that part of a worker’s Labor Law action should have been dismissed on summary judgment, and that the third-party defendants were both entitled to partial summary judgment on the claims against them as well. ...Read More | |||
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Paraplegic Worker Can't Hold Vendor Liable for Warehouse Accident | 06/29/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court ruled that a worker’s catastrophic injuries were not a reasonably foreseeable consequence of a vendor’s presumed failure to secure its products to a pallet. ...Read More | |||
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Property Owner, General Contractor Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Indemnification Claims | 06/17/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a property owner and a general contractor should not have been granted summary judgment on their common-law indemnification claim against a subcontractor over liability for a worker’s injuries. ...Read More | |||
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PEO's Insurance Carrier Liable for Worker's Benefits | 06/15/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a decision by the Workers' Compensation Board finding that the insurance carrier from which a professional employer organization had purchased coverage was liable for a worker’s benefits. ...Read More | |||
