Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Split Court Upholds Award for Worker Who Passed Out While Operating Buggy | 11/04/2025 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Alabama Court of Civil Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a worker for his injuries after he passed out from a coughing fit and crashed the vehicle he was driving on private property in the course of his employment. ...Read More | |||
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Security Guard Can't Pursue Civil Suit Against Property Owner for Slip and Fall | 10/30/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a security guard could not proceed with a civil suit for damages for her injuries from a slip-and-fall accident against the owner of the facility where it occurred. ...Read More | |||
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Shipt to Pay $800,000 Settlement, Continue Classifying Workers as Contractors | 10/29/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that a same-day delivery service owned by Target agreed to pay $800,000 and implement new policies to continue classifying its workers as contractors. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Compensability of Firefighter's Knee Injury | 10/28/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a finding of compensability for a firefighter’s knee injury. Case: City of Wheeling...Read More | |||
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Statutory Employer Defense Remains Available for General Contractors, Supreme Court Says | 10/27/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court explained that the statutory employer defense for general contractors who have not paid benefits to a subcontractor’s injured employee is not waivable in a decision overturning a Superior Court’s determination that a general contractor qualified for stat...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Worker's Death from COVID-19 | 10/27/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court affirmed the denial of benefits for a worker who died from COVID-19, finding his job didn't increase his risk of contracting the disease. ...Read More | |||
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Safety Groups Pitch Need for 'Credible' BLS Data | 10/23/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A group of safety organizations urged President Donald Trump to find a candidate for the next Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner who will ensure that the agency's data remains reliable. ...Read More | |||
