Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Claims by Worker Who Allegedly Fell From Roof | 06/27/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims for alleged injuries from a fall from the roof of a home. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Reduces Third Quarter Discount Rate | 06/27/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation reduced the discount rate used to calculate the value of lump-sum settlements from July through September. ...Read More | |||
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Private Employer Rate Cut Takes Effect Tuesday | 06/27/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation said a 6% rate cut for private employers will take effect Tuesday. The bureau said the rate cut is the re...Read More | |||
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Assembly Committee Passes Contractor Coverage Measure | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A committee in the California Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would require the Contractors State License Board to report on violations of work comp coverage requirements. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Says Retaliatory Firing Illegal Only if Employer is Trying to Avoid Liability for Claim | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Indiana Supreme Court held that a trial court should have dismissed a teacher's case alleging she was fired in retaliation for contemplating filing a workers' compensation claim because she failed to allege the district was exclusveily motivated by a desire not to pay the claim. ...Read More | |||
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Corrections Worker Indicated for Stealing Comp Benefits | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York woman working as a correctional officer was indicated for allegedly stealing more than $43,000 in workers' compensation benefits over four years by not reporting she was running a small business. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Social Worker's Claim for Eye Shingles | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld the denial of a social worker’s claim seeking benefits for shingles of the eye. ...Read More | |||
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Rotator Cuff Tear Gets Added as Compensable Condition of Worker's Claim | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a right rotator cuff tear needed to be added as a compensable condition to a worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Partial Dismissal of Labor Law Claim by Worker Struck by Falling Materials | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment dismissing part of a worker’s Labor Law action. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Awards Worker Penalty for Carrier's Unreasonable Calculation of Benefits | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Supreme Court ruled that a worker with multiple jobs was entitled to a penalty for an insurance carrier’s unreasonable calculation of the benefits owed for a period when he was unable to work at any position. ...Read More | |||
