Workers' Compensation News
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Statutory Cap Applies to Independent Contractor's Ability to Recover Damages for Work Injury | 09/04/2026 | |
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| The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that an independent contractor who suffered an on-the-job injury must have any recovery capped at $15,000. ...Read More | |||
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SAIF Declares $50M Dividend | 09/04/2026 | |
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| The board of directors for Oregon workers' compensation carrier SAIF declared a $50 million dividend for policyholders whose terms ended in 2025. ...Read More | |||
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Self-Represented Worker Can Pursue Wage Claim, Comp Claim | 08/28/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court partially reinstated a self-represented worker’s claim for unpaid wages and modified the dismissal of his claim for workers’ compensation benefits as without prejudice. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment on Worker's Labor Law Claim Overturned | 08/28/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should not have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a misstep while exiting an elevator. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Directs ALJ to Revisit Worker's Claim for COVID-19 Infection | 08/27/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld a decision vacating an award to a worker for his contraction of COVID-19 and remanding for the administrative law judge to reexamine the worker’s communicable disease claim. ...Read More | |||
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Sacramento Bee Flags $30M in Revolving Fund Expenses | 08/24/2026 | |
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| The Sacramento Bee on Friday reported that the California Department of Industrial Relations has tapped into the revolving fund for projects and expenses that it could not connect to administering the state's workers' compensation system over the last six years. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Employer Waived Limitations Defense by Failing to Seek Relief | 08/24/2026 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Utah Supreme Court ruled that an employer waived a limitations defense by not seeking relief on it, and that an administrative law judge’s ruling on the issue did not preserve it for appeal. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Calculation of Employer's Responsibility for Pro Rata Share of Fees | 08/24/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that an employer’s responsibility for attorney fees incurred by a worker who pursued a third-party claim is initially subtracted from the amount available in subrogation from the amount the worker recovers, and that the employer is entitled to immediate reco...Read More | |||
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State Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over LHWCA Attorney | 08/20/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a state trial court lacked jurisdiction over an out-of-state attorney who had represented a claimant in a Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act case before the claimant moved to Texas. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds PTD Award for Former Special Education Teacher | 08/17/2026 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Utah Supreme Court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to a former special education teacher and denied Granite School District's request to offset its liability for benefits to account for a settlement the teacher received from the debt collectors who had hounded ...Read More | |||
