Workers' Compensation News
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Worker's Settlement With Employer Bars Her Second-Injury Fund Claim | 04/28/2026 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a worker could not continue to pursue a claim against the state Second Injury Fund after entering a compromise settlement with her employer that did not establish the employer’s liability for her injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Partial Judgment on Labor Law Claim; Employer Gets Dismissal of Third-Party Claim | 04/28/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim, and his employer was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the third-party claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Ladder Gets Summary Judgment | 04/27/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Allegedly Reported Mental Injury Doesn't Assert Viable Retaliation Claim | 04/24/2026 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s alleged report of a mental health injury before his termination was not enough to constitute a viable claim for workers’ compensation retaliation. ...Read More | |||
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Worker With Electrical Burns, Amputated Toe Gets 37% PPD Award | 04/22/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 37% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s electric shock injuries resulting in burns to roughly 3.5% of his body and the amputation of his big toe. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Occupational Disease From Repetitive Movement | 04/20/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim that he had sustained an occupational disease due to osteoarthritis in his knees, worsened by work-related repetitive movement. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Recommends 10.4% Rate Increase | 04/17/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Governing Committee for the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Wednesday voted 8-0 to recommend that the California insurance com...Read More | |||
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Worker Paralyzed From Headfirst Fall Down Steps Gets TTD Award | 04/17/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker paralyzed after a headfirst fall down a set of steps. ...Read More | |||
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Work Comp Is Referee's Exclusive Remedy for Assault | 04/16/2026 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Court of Appeals refused to let a basketball referee sue his employer for a courtside assault during a recreational game, ruling that he failed to satisfy a narrow legal exception that requires an attack to be wholly unrelated to employment. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Makeshift Platform Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 04/16/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who fell from a makeshift platform was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
