Workers' Compensation News
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Appropriations Committee Hears Comp Bills May 12 | 05/06/2025 | |
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| The California Senate Appropriations Committee will review the fiscal implications of bills addressing subrogation rights, uninsured employers and premium fraud May 12. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Grant of Worker's Petition for Mandamus Relief | 05/06/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Supreme Court denied an insurance carrier’s challenge to a district court order granting an injured worker’s petition for a writ of mandamus. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Claim for Worker Injured While Using Bucket as Step | 05/06/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a worker’s Labor Law claim for injuries that happened while trying to prevent himself from falling from the inverted bucket he was using to work at an elevation. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Finds Worker Not Entitled to Increase in PPD Award | 05/06/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Rejects Employer's Challenge to PTD Award for Longshoreman | 05/06/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court denied an employer’s challenge to an award of permanent total disability benefits to an injured longshoreman. ...Read More | |||
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House Gives Final Approval to TMIC Board Revisions | 05/06/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| State lawmakers on Friday gave final approval to a bill that would modify criteria for serving on the Texas Mutual Insurance Co. board of directors. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Extend Accreditation | 05/06/2025 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado House of Representatives passed a bill that would maintain the accreditation program through 2036 for health care providers treating injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Reliance on Occupational Diseases, Nonqualifying Conditions Fatal to SIF Claims | 05/05/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Missouri Supreme Court handed down two decisions finding that injured workers were not eligible for benefits from the state’s Second Injury Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Corporate Parent of Borrowing Employer Not Civilly Liable for Worker's Injuries | 05/05/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court overturned a jury’s finding that a borrowing employer’s corporate parent was civilly liable to a worker for his on-the-job injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Jury Verdict, $1.84 Million Award for Worker's Injuries | 05/05/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court overturned a jury verdict and award of $1.84 million to a worker on his claim for injuries sustained while the defendant and his employer were performing work as independent contractors on an oil and gas well. ...Read More | |||
