Workers' Compensation News
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Worker, Property Owner Both Get Partial Summary Judgment in Labor Law Action | 06/23/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim, but that the property owner was entitled to summary judgment dismissing some of his claims against it as well. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Study Analyzes Differences in Fee Schedules | 06/23/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute published a new study comparing medical fee schedules in 44 states and the District of Columbia. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
