Workers' Compensation News
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Court Partially Revives Worker's Labor Law Claim | 06/12/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an individual Labor Law defendant was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a claim against him, but the worker’s claim against his company should have been allowed to proceed. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Escalator Mishap | 06/12/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for an escalator accident. Ca...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Widow's Claim for Dependent's Benefits | 06/12/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a widow’s claim for benefits, finding her husband's occupational pneumoconiosis was not a contributing factor to his death. ...Read More | |||
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Court Publishes Decision Applying Sovereign Immunity to Tribal Health Care Organization | 06/11/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court on Tuesday ordered publication of a decision from last month that found tribal sovereign immunity shielded a nonprofit health care organization from a workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI Reports Small Drop in 2024 Premium | 06/11/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute reports that total direct written premium dropped to $11.7 billion in 2024 from $11.8 billion in 2023. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Reinstates Worker's Claims for Disability Discrimination, Retaliation | 06/11/2025 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Hawaii Supreme Court revived a government worker’s claims for disability discrimination and retaliation. Ann ...Read More | |||
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Precast Concrete Panel Maker Ordered to Pay $500,000 for Worker's Death | 06/11/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a company that makes precast concrete panels was ordered to pay $500,000 after pleading guilty to violating a workplace safety standard resulting in the death of a worker. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI: New Hires Account for Largest Share of Claims | 06/11/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Short-tenure workers with fewer than two years of experience continue to account for the largest share of workers’ compensation claims in New Jersey, according to the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Claim Reinstated for Worker Who Fell While Making Delivery | 06/11/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court reinstated a worker’s Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from falling while making a delivery to a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Injured Jumping Into Trench Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 06/11/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from jumping into a trench. ...Read More | |||
