Workers' Compensation News
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Report: Proposal to Provide Work Comp to Teachers Stalls | 03/21/2025 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Daily News reports that a bill to provide workers' compensation benefits to the state's teachers has stalled in a House of Representatives committee. ...Read More | |||
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Report: SAIF CEO Reports Home Targeted by Gunfire | 02/25/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The chief executive officer of Oregon's SAIF Corp. said someone fired three bullets through his front door, according to a report by Wi...Read More | |||
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Rates to Drop 3.6% in March | 01/23/2025 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance announced that workers' compensation premiums will decline in March for the 12th consecutive year. ...Read More | |||
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Residential Property Owners Get Summary Judgment on Worker's Labor Law Claims | 12/10/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims against a residential property’s owners. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Worker Claims Retaliatory Firing for Comp Filing | 12/02/2024 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. employee in Kansas alleges in a lawsuit that his employer illegally fired him in retaliation for filing a workers' compensation claim, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Reform Bill Proposes Benefit Increase, New Definition of 'Disability' | 11/15/2024 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Michigan lawmaker proposed sweeping workers' compensation reforms that would increase the cap on benefits, revise the definition of "disability" and eliminate the distinction between total disability and partial disability. ...Read More | |||
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Roofing Worker Gets Enhanced Award for Employer's Safety Violation | 11/14/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld an enhanced award of benefits to an injured roofing worker for his employer’s violation of a specific safety requirement. ...Read More | |||
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Report: WCB Says Patriots Owe $24,000 for Not Having Comp | 10/28/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York State Workers' Compensation Board is trying to collect a $24,000 fine from the New England Patriots for not having workers' compensation coverage, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Rail Company Owes $453,510 to Workers Fired Over Safety Concerns | 10/15/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal judge ordered CSX Transportation Inc. to pay $453,510 to two railroad workers who were fired after raising workplace safety concerns in 2017. ...Read More | |||
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Res Judicata Does Not Bar Worker's Intentional Tort Claim Against Colleague | 10/10/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that res judicata did not bar a school district employee’s intentional tort claim against a colleague even though she received a workers’ compensation settlement for her alleged injuries. ...Read More | |||
