Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Ex-Corrections Worker Agrees to Pay $40,000 in Restitution | 12/16/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A former corrections worker agreed to plead guilty to one count of workers' compensation fraud and to pay $40,000 in restitution, New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang announced. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Vetoes Proposed Expansion of Permanent Total Disability | 12/16/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill that would have amended the definition of permanent total disability, arguing that the measure would have created an unfunded liability of at least $800 million. ...Read More | |||
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Legislators Seek to Block ABC Rule Amendments | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two New Jersey Republican lawmakers are trying to block rules that the Department of Labor and Workforce Development proposed to clarify its interpretation of the ABC test of employment. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Declines to Hear Challenge in Case Involving Benefits for Undocumented Workers | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Michigan's Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision Friday, denied an application to review an appellate court decision dismissing a constitutional challenge to the law used to withhold indemnity benefits from undocumented workers who used fraudulent documents to secure a job. ...Read More | |||
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SIF Assessment to Increase Again in 2026 | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Board of Indiana announced that the total Second Injury Fund assessment will increase again next year. The total ass...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Carrier Didn't Waive Venue Objection After Unsuccessful Removal of Case | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that an insurance carrier did not waive its objection to the venue where it tried to have a case removed. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Rate Cuts Getting Smaller, but Decreases Expected to Continue | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance said it doesn't anticipate an immediate end to the trend of annual reductions in loss costs and rates, even if the extent of the cuts has decreased in recent years. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Worker's Deliberate Intention Claim Against Supervisor Who Hit Him With Truck | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals reinstated a worker’s deliberate intention claim against his supervisor, who allegedly struck him with a moving truck. ...Read More | |||
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Insured's Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Bars Counterclaim in Premium Dispute | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that an insured’s failure to exhaust its administrative remedies prohibited it from asserting a counterclaim for unjust enrichment in a dispute over unpaid premiums. ...Read More | |||
