Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Injured Worker's Claim Against Employer's Auto Insurance Provider Reinstated | 06/12/2025 | |
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State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Kentucky Court of Appeals reinstated a worker’s claim against his employer’s automobile insurance provider for benefits to supplement the recovery he received through workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
