Workers' Compensation News
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Senator Introduces Disfigurement Benefit Bill | 11/19/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A Pennsylvania state senator introduced legislation that would increase benefits for workers who suffer serious and permanently disfiguring injuries on the job. ...Read More | |||
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School District Employee's Intentional Tort Suit Against Employer Gets Reinstated | 11/19/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court revived a school district employee’s intentional tort claim against her employer for her injuries from being attacked by a student. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Claim for Worker's Death from COVID-19 Complications | 11/18/2025 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Idaho Supreme Court upheld the denial of a widow’s workers’ compensation claim for her husband’s death from complications related to COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Employers Can't Request Hearings on Claims for Unpaid or Discontinued Benefits | 11/18/2025 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Idaho Supreme Court ruled that only an injured worker may make and file with the Industrial Commission an application requesting a hearing when the underlying claim relates to unpaid or discontinued compensation or income benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Correctional Officer's Claim for COVID-19 Infection | 11/17/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nevada Supreme Court upheld the denial of a correctional officer’s claim for benefits for his COVID-19 infection. Case: ...Read More | |||
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SWCB Adopts Revisions to Dental Fee Schedule | 11/13/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York State Workers' Compensation Board adopted revisions to its dental fee schedule in the hope that it would contribute to higher-quality care for injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Revives Comp Carrier's Subrogation Claim Against Worker's UIM Recovery | 11/11/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Supreme Court revived a subrogation claim by a workers’ compensation carrier against the payments an injured worker received from her employer’s underinsured motorist carrier. ...Read More | |||
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SORM Names Sara Hays Executive Director | 11/11/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas State Office of Risk Management announced that Sara Hays was appointed executive director. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Traveling Employee Doctrine Applies in Occupational Disease Claims | 11/10/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington Supreme Court ruled that the traveling employee doctrine applies when a worker contracts an occupational disease while traveling for the job. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment for Defendants Overturned | 11/10/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for the defendants in a Labor Law action. Case: ...Read More | |||
