Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Injured in Scaffold Collapse Gets Summary Judgment | 04/17/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker injured in a scaffolding collapse should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Sheet Metal Entitled to Partial Summary Judgment | 04/16/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a piece of sheet metal that was being hoisted should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Action for Judicial Review Dismissed as Untimely | 04/16/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s action for judicial review as untimely filed. Case: Singlet...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Governing Committee to Discuss Rate Filing Wednesday | 04/15/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Governing Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California is scheduled to vote on its Sept. 1, 2025, advisory pure premium rate recommendation during a meeting Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Get Relief Based on Attorney's Failure to Appear | 04/15/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s motion for relief from the dismissal of her claim based on her attorney’s failure to appear at a case management conference. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Pursue Civil Remedy Against Employer for Vicarious Liability | 04/15/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment that found a worker could not proceed with a civil suit against his employer based on a theory of vicarious liability for the conduct of his alleged assailant. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Impaled by Metal Tongs Gets Permanent Total Disability Benefits | 04/11/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld a finding that an injured worker's condition had deteriorated to the point of permanent and total disablement. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Accepting Applications for 3 Judicial Positions | 04/10/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board posted a notice to the state job website soliciting applications to fill three workers’ compensation judge positions in San Francisco, Van Nuys and Sacramento. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Unwitnessed Scaffold Accident | 04/10/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim for his unwitnessed scaffold accident. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Establish New/Omitted Condition Claim, Continued Combined Condition Claim | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s new/omitted medical condition claim for a preexisting cervical arthritic condition, as well as a finding that his compensable cervical strain/sprain ceased to be the major contributing cause of a compensable combined condition...Read More | |||
