Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Gets Benefits for Ladder Fall Injuries Despite Intoxication | 10/25/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits for a worker even though he was heavily intoxicated when he fell from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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WCA Announces Judicial Appointment of Doug Christopherson | 10/25/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration announced that Doug Christopherson was appointed as the agency's newest judge. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI: Medical Payments Per Claim Higher Than Most States | 10/25/2024 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute reported that medical payments per claim in Indiana were higher than typical among the 17 states included in a recent study. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Posts 2025 X-Mods | 10/24/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California announced that insurers, agents and brokers can access recently published 2025 experience modifications for policyholders. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Hit by Falling Tree Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 10/24/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment in a Labor Law claim by a worker injured by a falling tree. Case...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Get Writ to Avoid Arbitration of Claim Against Nonsubscribing Employer | 10/23/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court denied an injured worker's petition for mandamus relief of a trial judge’s order compelling him to arbitrate a negligence claim against his nonsubscribing employer. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Link Amputation of Leg to Prior Work Accident | 10/23/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker failed to prove the amputation of his leg was related to his injuries from a fall in 2006. ...Read More | |||
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WCS Posts Guidance on New Claims Administrator Law | 10/23/2024 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Workers' Compensation Section posted a sheet of answers to frequently asked questions about new requirements for claims administrators. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Finds Medical Payments 10% Below Median in Golden State | 10/21/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute reports that average medical payments per claim in California were 10% below the median of a 17-state study. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Labor Law Claim Dismissed; Defendant's Indemnification Claim Revived | 10/18/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claim and revived a defendant’s third-party indemnification claim. ...Read More | |||
