Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Forfeits Entitlement to Benefits by Failing to Disclose Prior Injuries | 06/20/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the forfeiture of a worker’s benefits due to her failure to disclose prior injuries to her neck and back. ...Read More | |||
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WCC Reduces Second Injury Fund Assessment Rate to 6.29% | 06/20/2025 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that the assessment for the Multiple Injury Trust Fund will drop to 6.29% from 7%, effective July 1. ...Read More | |||
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Widower Can Pursue Claim Despite Wife's Failure to Link Cancer to Workplace | 06/20/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a widower was entitled to pursue a claim for benefits based on a theory that his wife’s cancer was caused by her workplace exposure to toxins, even though she never established the link. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Must File Comp Claim Before Suing Employer | 06/17/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida workers can't unilaterally decide that an injury explicitly excluded from workers' compensation coverage is not compensable before suing their employers in tort, a state appellate court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Benefits for Parking Lot Fall | 06/17/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a woman for her injuries from a fall in the parking lot adjacent to her workplace after she arrived to begin her workday. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Posts Annual Self-Insurer Premium Assessment Bulletin | 06/17/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division on Monday published a bulletin explaining how to calculate self-insured employer premium assessments for the fiscal year that starts July 1. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Cart Accident | 06/16/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim based on his injuries from moving a cart. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Injured by Pulley System Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claims | 06/13/2025 | |
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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 claims for his injuries from a failed chain block pulley system. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Escalator Mishap | 06/12/2025 | |
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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 an escalator accident. Ca...Read More | |||
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WCRI: New Hires Account for Largest Share of Claims | 06/11/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Short-tenure workers with fewer than two years of experience continue to account for the largest share of workers’ compensation claims in New Jersey, according to the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
