Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Reinstates Denial of Worker's Request for Additional Treatment | 07/28/2025 | |
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| State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Dakota Supreme Court reinstated a decision by an administrative law judge denying a worker’s claim for additional treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Dismissal Appropriate for Worker's Tort Claims Against Employer, General Contractor | 07/25/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s civil actions against his employer, the general contractor of a project and a subcontractor for injuries he sustained while working. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says AWCA Doesn't Mandate Appointment of IME on Request | 07/18/2025 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals ruled that the state Administrative Workers’ Compensation Act does not mandate the appointment of an independent medical examiner any time an employer or employee requests one. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds Grant of Duty Disability Pension for State Trooper | 07/16/2025 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A divided Rhode Island Supreme Court upheld a determination that a state trooper was entitled to a duty disability pension. ...Read More | |||
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Sawmill Worker's Fingertip Loss Leads to Fines | 07/16/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington Department of Labor & Industries levied fines totaling $153,000 against a sawmill operator with a history of safety violations after a worker lost a fingertip in a machine mishap. ...Read More | |||
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School District Employee Gets TTD for Summer Period She Didn't Receive Wages | 07/14/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Court of Appeal for the 10th District of Ohio ruled that a school district employee was entitled to temporary total disability benefits for the three-month summer recess during which she did not receive her regular salary. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
