Workers' Compensation News
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High Court: Comp Judge Can Rule on Law She Sponsored in Assembly | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed an appellate decision allowing a...Read More | |||
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Employer of Injured Worker Accused of Not Carrying Comp | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice on Thursday announced that a business owner was arrested and charged with failing to provide workers' compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Extend Presumptions to Hospital Security Guards | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| Hospital security guards in Illinois would be covered by presumptions for blood-borne pathogens, heart and lung diseases, and other conditions, under legislation introduced ahead of the 2026 session. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposing Heart Disease Definition Returns | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| A Florida lawmaker has resurrected a proposal to define the conditions covered by the law that presumes heart disease is compensable for first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Affirms Worker's Award of PPD, Alternate Medical Care | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A divided Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a worker’s award of permanent partial disability benefits and alternate medical care. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Ladder | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Decision Expanding Worker's Claim, Authorizing More Treatment | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a Board of Review decision that expanded a worker’s claim and authorized additional treatment, holding that it failed to address a doctor's report finding the treatment unnecessary. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Closure of Worker's Claim for Injuries From Being Punched by Patient | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the closure of a worker’s claim for injuries from being punched in the jaw. Case: Zawa...Read More | |||
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Carrier Must Pay Bill for Worker's Knee Surgery | 12/11/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld an order from the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission ordering a carrier to pay the full amount billed by a treatment provider for an injured worker’s knee surgery. ...Read More | |||
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Contractor Fined $128,345 for Repeated Violations | 12/11/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined a contractor $128,345 for numerous violations, including repeated violations of fall protection standards. ...Read More | |||
