Workers' Compensation News
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Injured Worker Establishes Entitlement to Expand Scope of Claim | 12/30/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a trial judge’s determination that an injured worker should have been allowed to expand the scope of her claim. ...Read More | |||
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Res Judicata Doesn't Bar Worker's Claim Against Employer | 12/30/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that res judicata did not bar a worker’s claim against his alleged employer, whether as an individual or as a person running a business. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Proceed With Labor Law Claim for Alleged Fall | 12/30/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award for Nurse's Ankle Injury | 12/30/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a nurse who injured her ankle as she hurried to a rapid response call across an uneven floor. ...Read More | |||
| DWC Updates Medical Equipment Section of Fee Schedule | 12/29/2025 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation posted an order adjusting the durable medical goods section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to conform to changes in the Medicare payment system. The division said it adopted Medicare's durable medical equipment, prosthetics, o...Read More | |||
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Court: Refinery Owner Entitled to Mandamus Relief Dismissing Worker's Claims for Injury | 12/29/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a refinery owner should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claims over injuries from exposure to toxic fumes. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Finds Employer's Payment of Benefits Tacitly Renounced Prescription of Claim | 12/29/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that an employer abandoned its statute of limitations defense and tacitly renounced prescription by initiating regular and consistent workers’ compensation payments after the prescriptive period expired. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Allows Injured Worker to Proceed With Civil Suit Against Colleagues | 12/29/2025 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Alabama Supreme Court denied a petition for review of a trial judge’s decision allowing a worker to proceed with civil claims against his co-workers for allegedly removing safety devices from a machine that resulted in the mangling of his hand. ...Read More | |||
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Policy Group Calls for Ending State Monopoly | 12/29/2025 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Mountain States Policy Center, which describes itself as promoting free enterprise, individual liberty and limited government, argues that eliminating W...Read More | |||
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High Court Splits on Subcontractor's Obligation to Indemnify General for Worker's Injuries | 12/29/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided New York Court of Appeals ruled that a subcontractor on a construction project was not obligated to indemnify a general contractor for injuries that a different subcontractor’s employee suffered while using the first subcontractor’s broken ladder without permission....Read More | |||
