Workers' Compensation News
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WCRI Webinar to Cover Heat-Related Illnesses | 06/04/2025 | |
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| The Workers Compensation Research Institute is hosting a free, 30-minute webinar June 26 covering research into the relationship between high temperatures and heat-related illnesses in the workplace. ...Read More | |||
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Travelers Reports Increase in Retirement Ages, Turnover and Recovery Times | 06/04/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Travelers Cos. said its analysis of 2.6 million workers’ compensation claims identified increases in average retirement ages, employee turnover and injury recovery times. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Fence Panels Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 06/04/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a denial of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries from being struck by falling fence panels. ...Read More | |||
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Neither Party in Labor Law Action Proves Entitlement to Summary Judgment | 06/04/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that neither the plaintiff nor the defendant in a Labor Law claim was entitled to summary judgment. Ca...Read More | |||
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High Court Orders Employer to Pay Specific Loss Benefits to Worker's Estate | 06/03/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed an appellate court and ordered an employer to pay specific loss benefits to the estate of a worker who died before the final adjudication of her claim. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Cites Salvation Army for Worker's Fatal Fall | 06/03/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the Salvation Army after a worker fixing a leaky roof fell to his death last November. ...Read More | |||
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Defendant Gets Partial Summary Dismissal of Worker's Claim for Puncture Injury | 06/03/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should have been granted summary judgment dismissing part of a worker’s claim against it for his injuries from stepping on a nail. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Ladder Entitled to Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 06/03/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker injured in a fall from a ladder. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Penalty Imposition Is Within Agency Director's Authority | 06/03/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that the director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services has jurisdiction to impose certain penalties. ...Read More | |||
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DCBS Director Has Jurisdiction Over Worker's Request for Hearing | 06/03/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Injured worker | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that the director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services has jurisdiction over a worker’s request for a hearing on whether his employer’s claims-servicing agent had improperly requested an independent medical examination. ...Read More | |||
