Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Partial Summary Judgment Appropriate for Worker Struck by Falling Pipe | 06/12/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a falling pipe was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim and that the property owner and property manager were entitled to conditional contractual indemnification. ...Read More | |||
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P&T Committee Meets July 15 | 06/05/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The committee that advises the California Division of Workers' Compensation on evidence-based changes to the prescription drug formulary is meeting on July 15. ...Read More | |||
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Plumbing Foreman Fails to Establish Compensable Shoulder Injury | 04/23/2026 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a plumbing foreman did not suffer a compensable shoulder injury. Case:...Read More | |||
