Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Scaffold | 03/31/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker with injuries from falling off a scaffold. Case: ...Read More | |||
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TDI Approves 11.5% Loss Cost Reduction | 03/31/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance announced that it adopted a National Council on Compensation Insurance recommendation to reduce the average advisory loss cost by 11.5%, effective July 1. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Award for Coal Miner's Occipital Neuritis | 03/31/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to benefits for occipital neuritis following a head injury. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker's Alleged Psychological Injuries From Disciplinary Investigation | 03/31/2025 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits for a worker’s alleged psychological injuries stemming from a disciplinary investigation into his conduct. ...Read More | |||
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Tow Truck Operator Charged With Failing to Provide Comp Coverage | 03/31/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Department of Justice announced that the owner of a tow truck company was arrested and charged with failing to provide workers' compensation insurance. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: New Presumption Law Doesn't Apply to Pending Claims | 03/28/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A man with brain cancer is not able to avail himself of statutory changes intended to make it easier for firefighters to invoke a presumption that the condition arose out of employment because it wasn't in effect when he filed his claim, Arizona's Supreme Court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's TTD Claim | 03/28/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for additional temporary total disability benefits. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request for Referral | 03/28/2025 | |
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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 for a referral to a multidisciplinary treatment team. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Worker Did Not Act Unreasonably in Refusing to Attend Appointments | 03/28/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court overturned a finding that a worker unreasonably refused to attend two medical appointments, concluding he could not be compelled to attend either appointment and that his benefits should not have been suspended because he did not go. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Loses Labor Law Claims for Alleged Trip and Fall in Office | 03/28/2025 | |
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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 her alleged injuries from a trip-and-fall accident. ...Read More | |||
