Workers' Compensation News
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Insurance Carrier Has Duty to Defend General Contractor From Civil Suit | 12/17/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a determination that a subcontractor’s insurance carrier had a duty to defend the general contractor from a civil suit by the subcontractor’s injured employee. ...Read More | |||
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Worsening of Worker's Occupational Pneumoconiosis Warrants Increase in PPD Award | 12/17/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award due to the worsening of his occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Calculation of Nurse's Wages, Penalty Against Employer | 12/17/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld both the a calculation of a traveling nurse’s wages and the assessment of a penalty against her employer. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Contractor $1.2 Million | 12/17/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a Connecticut contractor more than $1.2 million for allegedly failing to protect workers from cave-in and excavation hazards. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Partial Summary Dismissal of Worker's Labor Law Claim | 12/17/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the partial summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims. Case: Mitchell v. City of New...Read More | |||
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Fraud Conviction Leads to $132,023 Restitution Order | 12/16/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California man convicted of workers' compensation fraud was ordered to pay $132,023 in restitution, the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office announced. ...Read More | |||
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County Solely Liable for Off-Duty Officer's Injuries on Traffic Assignment | 12/16/2025 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that an off-duty officer was not jointly employed by the county and the construction company that contracted with the sheriff’s department to secure officers for traffic control services. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Firefighter's Claim Shouldn't Have Been Closed Before MMI | 12/16/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that an injured firefighter’s claim for benefits should not have been closed before he had fully recovered from the conditions that were newly added to his case. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Worker Injured in Trench Collapse Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment | 12/16/2025 | |
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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 injuries from a trench collapse. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Bars Worker's Civil Claims for Injuries From Attack by Customer | 12/16/2025 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that exclusivity barred the entirety of a worker’s civil claims against her employer for her injuries from being attacked by a disgruntled customer. ...Read More | |||
