Workers' Compensation News
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Senate Passes Death Benefits Bill | 02/27/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bill allowing those entitled to death benefits to receive payments through direct deposit. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claims Appropriate for Worker Struck by Falling Objects | 02/27/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries from being struck by falling objects, and it granted summary judgment dismissing the defendants’ third-party claims. ...Read More | |||
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SCIF President Among Handful of State Execs Earning Seven Figures | 02/24/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| State Compensation Insurance Fund president and CEO Vern Steiner is among the handful of California state executives earning more than $1 million a year, according to a report by the Sacramento Bee. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Disbars Claimants' Attorney for Stealing From Clients | 02/24/2026 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Supreme Court this month disbarred a claimants’ attorney who forged his clients’ signatures on checks and stole $159,615 in proceeds for his own purposes. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Cites Triable Issues in Worker's Tort Suit | 02/23/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a determination that triable issues precluded summary judgment on a worker’s tort suit for his injuries from a skid loader accident against the owner of the machine, who was also a co-employee. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Heart-Lung Presumption Bill | 02/23/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Florida Senate unanimously passed a bill that would allow first responders to use a preemployment physical examination from a former employer to invoke the presumption that certain heart and lung diseases arose from employment. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Medical Treatment Bill | 02/19/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Senate passed a bill that would declare the intent of the Legislature to increase access to medical treatment and ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Exclusivity Bars Worker's Suit Against Statutory Co-Employees | 02/19/2026 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that workers’ compensation exclusivity barred a worker from pursuing a civil suit against his statutory co-employees. ...Read More | |||
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State Agency: Asbestos-Removal Company Exposed Workers to Toxic Materials, Misled Investigators | 02/18/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An asbestos-removal contractor faces a stiff fine for knowingly exposing its workers to hazardous materials even though it told state workplace inspectors that a heavily contaminated jobsite was safe. ...Read More | |||
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Single-Payer Proposal Returns to Legislature | 02/17/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker is gearing up for a third run at creating a single-payer health care system that once again would defer to an advisory board the question of how to handle medical treatment for workplace injuries. ...Read More | |||
