Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Must File Comp Claim Before Suing Employer | 06/17/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida workers can't unilaterally decide that an injury explicitly excluded from workers' compensation coverage is not compensable before suing their employers in tort, a state appellate court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Benefits for Parking Lot Fall | 06/17/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a woman for her injuries from a fall in the parking lot adjacent to her workplace after she arrived to begin her workday. ...Read More | |||
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General Contractor Gets Award of Damages, Plus Interest, on Indemnification Claim | 06/17/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a general contractor was entitled to damages, including prejudgment interest on the judgment in this action and postjudgment interest on the judgment in the underlying action. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Worker's Request to Expand Claim | 06/17/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request to add a SLAP tear of the right shoulder as a compensable condition in his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Labor Law Claim by Worker on Bridge Demolition Project | 06/17/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Labor Law claim based on his injuries from a bridge demolition project. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Posts Annual Self-Insurer Premium Assessment Bulletin | 06/17/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division on Monday published a bulletin explaining how to calculate self-insured employer premium assessments for the fiscal year that starts July 1. ...Read More | |||
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LASIE Sets Legislative Recap for July 9 | 06/17/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Louisiana Association of Self Insured Employers is holding its 2025 Legislative Recap and Open Forum July 9 in Baton Rouge. In addi...Read More | |||
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Employer Can Proceed With Malicious Prosecution Claim Against Counsel for Injured Ex-Employee | 06/16/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld the denial of a special motion to strike a malicious prosecution action filed by an employer against a law firm and three attorneys who represented a former employee in a wrongful termination suit against it. ...Read More | |||
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Sept. 1 Plans, Manual Now Available | 06/16/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has released updated versions of publications related to regulations that take effect on Sept. 1, 2025. ...Read More | |||
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Defendants, Worker Granted Summary Judgment on Portions of Labor Law Action | 06/16/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a trip-and-fall accident and that the defendants were entitled to summary judgment on their cross-claims as well. ...Read More | |||
