Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Worker's Vicarious Liability Legal Malpractice Claim | 09/22/2026 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s legal malpractice claim against a law firm over an attorney’s allegedly negligent settlement of her civil suit arising from an injury sustained while she was receiving treatment for a compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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Summit Expands Workers' Compensation Coverage | 09/21/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Regional workers' compensation services provider Summit announced that it is expanding its operations into Maryland and Washington, D.C. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Worker's Claim for Additional Benefits Was Untimely | 09/18/2026 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided panel of the District of Columbia’s high court ruled that a worker’s claim for additional benefits was properly dismissed as untimely. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Overturns Denial of Truck Driver's Occupational Pneumoconiosis Claim | 09/10/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court overturned the denial of a retired dump truck driver’s claim for occupational pneumoconiosis benefits. ...Read More | |||
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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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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| 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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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| 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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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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 | |||
