Workers' Compensation News
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Worker With Total Disability From Injury to Schedule Member Can Still Get Wage-Loss Award | 10/28/2026 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The District of Columbia’s highest court ruled that a worker who proves permanent total disability can receive wage-loss benefits even if the situs of his disability is a schedule member. ...Read More | |||
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City Suspends Police Chief After His Lawsuit Over Comp Matter | 10/28/2026 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The longtime police chief of Lexington sued his employer over a dispute about workers' compensation. But instead of a resolution, the city suspended him. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Cites Utilities Company for Repeat Trench Hazards | 10/28/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited a utility construction company for repeatedly exposing workers to excavation hazards. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Reinstates Worker's Civil Suit Against Subcontractor | 10/28/2026 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Idaho Supreme Court reinstated a worker’s civil suit against a subcontractor on a construction project, finding that a trial judge erred in dismissing the suit as barred by exclusivity. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Worker Allegedly Struck by Falling Construction Material | 10/28/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment to a worker on his Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from being struck by falling construction material. ...Read More | |||
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Triable Issues Make Summary Judgment Inappropriate | 10/28/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a partial grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim due to triable issues as to how his accident occurred. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Reinstates Award for Miner's CT Injuries | 10/27/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Kentucky Supreme Court reinstated an administrative law judge’s award for a coal mine worker’s cumulative trauma injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Ex-Corrections Officer Sentenced for False Statement in Comp Claim | 10/27/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A former New York City corrections officer was sentenced to two years of probation for making a false statement in connection with his workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Indictment Charges Two in Suspected $17M Fraud Scheme | 10/27/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Texas indicted an osteopath and a retired U.S. Postal Service employee for allegedly submitting $19 million in fraudulent bills to the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, $17 million of which was paid. ...Read More | |||
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Appellate Court Says Dismissal of Worker's Claims Was Appropriate | 10/27/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claims against two entities he belatedly sought to add to his suit as defendants. ...Read More | |||
