Workers' Compensation News
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Assembly Passes Comp Bills | 09/02/2025 | |
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| The California Assembly voted to send the governor bills to expand death benefits provided to children of first responders and provide full-pay salary continuation benefits to park rangers in Sacramento County. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Comp Is Exclusive Remedy for Worker Injured Tedding Hay | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A man was working in the course and scope of his employment for a water well drilling company when he was injured in a hay tedding accident on the personal farm of the company's owner, making workers' compensation his exclusive remedy, a Texas appellate court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Sets Hearing on Fee Schedule Update | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation is holding a hearing Sept. 19 on proposed changes to its work comp medical fee schedule. ...Read More | |||
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Vessel Owner Prevails on Injured Longshoreman's Maritime Negligence Claims | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld a defense judgment on an injured longshoreman’s maritime negligence claim. Case: N...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Scaffold Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a construction worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a scaffold. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Jury Verdict for Injured Truck Driver on Fraud Claims | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| A Texas appellate court overturned a jury verdict in favor of a truck driver and his company, finding they could not prove the causation element of their fraud claims based on the defendant’s failure to provide nonsubscriber insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Firefighter Loses Appeal Due to Procedural Failure | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| A Nevada court ruled that a firefighter’s failure to challenge both bases for the denial of an increase in his permanent partial disability award was fatal to his appeal. ...Read More | |||
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Report Finds High Denial Rate for Presumptive PTSD Claims | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Claims for post-traumatic stress disorder that are presumed to arise out of employment are denied at a greater rate than those for which the injured worker is required to prove compensability, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Vacates Wage Calculation for Worker Returning to Full-Time Position | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| An Arizona appeals court said the time frame an administrative law judge used to calculate preinjury monthly wages for a nurse who was injured after returning to full-time employment did not reflect her actual earning capacity at the time of the injury. ...Read More | |||
| WDCA Announces Temporary Relocation of Okemos Hearings Office | 08/29/2025 | ||
| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Michigan Workers' Disability Compensation Agency said its Okemos hearings office is being temporarily relocated to Lansing on Monday. The agency said the office on Woodlake Circle requires significant repairs and that the Okemos hearings office will be located in the Ottawa Buildi...Read More | |||
