Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Cart Accident | 06/16/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim based on his injuries from moving a cart. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Finding of PPD From Worker's Occupational Pneumoconiosis | 06/16/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker had a 20% permanent partial disability from occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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3rd DCA Publishes Decision That Erroneous Evidentiary Rulings Aren't Reviewable for Harmlessness | 06/13/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court has ordered publication of a decision from last month that held a workers’ compensation judge’s erroneous admission of reports that were not listed in the pretrial conference statement should not have been reviewed for harmlessness. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Committee Passes State Hospital Worker Presumption | 06/13/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement unanimously passed a bill that would provide that a heart trouble presumption applies to all peace officers working for the California Department of State Hospitals. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Widow Can't Get Schedule Loss Compensation as Surviving Spouse | 06/13/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a widow was not eligible to receive schedule loss compensation as a surviving spouse. Bohd...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Establishment of Worker's Claim for Fall Injuries | 06/13/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a decision establishing a worker’s claim for injuries from a fall from a ladder. Case: B...Read More | |||
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Worker Injured by Pulley System Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claims | 06/13/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claims for his injuries from a failed chain block pulley system. ...Read More | |||
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CMS Hosting Webinar on Introduction to Set-Asides | 06/13/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is hosting a webinar next week as an introduction to workers’ compensation Medicare set-asides. ...Read More | |||
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Crackdown on Tech in Workplace Could Hit Comp | 06/12/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| ANAHEIM, Calif. — Bills aiming to regulate how employers use technology to monitor employees and requiring disclosure of automated decision-making systems could have unintended consequences for California’s workers’ compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Bill to Fight Misclassification in Construction Industry | 06/12/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Pennsylvania's Senate Labor and Industry Committee on Tuesday unanimously passed legislation that aims to beef up protection for construction workers who are misclassified as independent contractors, a common practice in the industry. ...Read More | |||
