Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Expand Claim | 05/30/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of his claim. Case: Delsi...Read More | |||
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Senate, Assembly Approve Special Benefits for First Responders | 05/29/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers approved a pair of bills that would provide enhanced workers’ compensation benefits to injured first responders. The ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Overturns Determination of Lump-Sum Payment Owed to Worker | 05/29/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals overturned a determination of the lump-sum payment of benefits owed to a worker. Case: Mueller I...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Reinstates Civil Suit Over COVID Deaths of Meat Processing Workers | 05/28/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court partially reinstated a civil action by the estates of four meat processing workers who died from COVID-19, including allegations of gross negligence and fraud against a group of Tyson Foods supervisory employees and executives. ...Read More | |||
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State Had Slower Cost Growth Than Others in WCRI Study | 05/28/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| There was little change in total costs per claim in Virginia in recent years, and growth in claim costs was lower than what was typical among the 18 states studied by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Some Defendants in Labor Law Action Get Partial Summary Judgment Dismissing Claims | 05/28/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that some defendants in a Labor Law action should have been granted partial summary judgment dismissing claims against them. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Compensation Judge Can Determine Worker's Competency to Settle Claims | 05/27/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a compensation judge has jurisdiction to determine whether a worker with a traumatic brain injury required the assistance of a conservator to settle his claims and whether his agreements with his employer should be set aside. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker's Civil Suit for Burn Injuries | 05/27/2025 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Rhode Island Supreme Court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured worker’s civil action for injuries from the allegedly negligent maintenance of an asphalt distribution truck. ...Read More | |||
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Security Company Owner Sentenced in $3.4M Comp Fraud Case | 05/21/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Six years of underreporting payroll and dodging insurance premiums resulted in criminal penalties for a San Jose security company owner. The...Read More | |||
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Sole Proprietor's Request Constitutes 'Election of Coverage' | 05/20/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court ruled that a sole proprietor’s election of coverage was sufficient to cover him under the policy issued to his business and that his petition to determine compensation after he was attacked by an employee should have been granted. ...Read More | |||
