Workers' Compensation News
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Split Court Says Employer Entitled to Defense, Indemnification in Civil Suit by Paralyzed Worker | 07/08/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A divided Louisiana appellate court ruled that a coal yard operator and cargo transport provider had a duty to defend and indemnify an employer from a civil suit by a worker left paralyzed by an industrial accident. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment for Defendant Overturned, Goes to Worker Instead | 07/08/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for a defendant in a Labor Law claim, finding that the worker should have been granted summary judgment instead. ...Read More | |||
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Statutory Limit on Benefits for Retirees Doesn't Apply to Those With 20 Years of Service | 07/07/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Court of Appeals ruled that the statutory limitation on benefits for retired firefighters, arson investigators and police officers does not apply to retirees who have completed at least 20 years of creditable service as of June 8, 2015. ...Read More | |||
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Statute of Limitations Bars Volunteer Firefighter's Cancer Claim | 07/07/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a cancer-stricken volunteer firefighter’s claim for benefits was time-barred. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Finding That Carrier Breached Contract, Amends Calculation of Interest | 07/01/2025 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court upheld a determination that a workers’ compensation carrier breached its contract with an employer by failing to provide proper notice of renewal, but ruled that interest did not begin to accrue until the date that an injured employee became entitled to benefits....Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Statutory Cap on Attorney Fees | 06/27/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a 2024 legislative amendment increasing the cap on fees in workers’ compensation cases does not apply retroactively, that the cap does not violate the state Constitution and that an attorney was not entitled to a fee in excess of the cap. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Social Worker's Claim for Eye Shingles | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld the denial of a social worker’s claim seeking benefits for shingles of the eye. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Awards Worker Penalty for Carrier's Unreasonable Calculation of Benefits | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Supreme Court ruled that a worker with multiple jobs was entitled to a penalty for an insurance carrier’s unreasonable calculation of the benefits owed for a period when he was unable to work at any position. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgments for Labor Law Defendants Reversed | 06/25/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law claim should not have been granted summary judgment on two of the three causes of action that were dismissed by a trial justice. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment Upheld for Worker Who Fell From Ladder | 06/24/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder. Case: ...Read More | |||
