Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Makes Sufficiently Reasonable Job Search to Qualify as 'Displaced' | 12/03/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court upheld a determination that a worker made a sufficiently reasonable effort to locate suitable employment within her restrictions to qualify as “displaced.” ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall from Plank Platform | 12/01/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a makeshift plank platform. ...Read More | |||
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WorkCompCentral 2025 Annual Rating Workshop Dec. 13 | 11/26/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| WorkCompCentral is holding its 2025 annual rating workshop Dec. 13. The program will feature an update on cases involving rating and...Read More | |||
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Writ Denied for Worker Seeking Relief Based on Alleged Non-Receipt of DHO Decision | 11/26/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a denial of relief to a worker allowing her to challenge a district hearing officer’s denial of her workers’ compensation claim based on the alleged failure of her attorney to receive notice of that decision. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell from Ladder Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 11/26/2025 | |
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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 his fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Weightlifting Police Officer Accused of Fraud | 11/25/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice announced that a Norwalk police officer was accused of workers' compensation fraud after investigators allegedly found him lifting weights in contradiction to physical limitations he reported to his provider. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Labor Law Claim Against Property Owner Reinstated | 11/24/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a worker’s Labor Law action against a residential property owner. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Writ Returning Case to Industrial Commission to Reconsider Her PTD Claim | 11/24/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to writ relief returning her case to the Industrial Commission to reevaluate her entitlement to permanent total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Releases Latest Study of Regional Differences in Claim Characteristics | 11/21/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Southern California continues to have higher frequency and a higher concentration of more complex claims involving medical-legal services and litigation, the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau said in its 11th annual study of regional differences in claim characteristics. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Adopts Changes to Coverage Rules | 11/21/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division adopted changes to its employer and insurer coverage responsibility rules it said are needed to revoke self-insurance authorization when an employer's security deposit expires and to implement legislation exempting school districts from posting a ...Read More | |||
