Workers' Compensation News
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High Court: Reliance on Occupational Diseases, Nonqualifying Conditions Fatal to SIF Claims | 05/05/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Supreme Court handed down two decisions finding that injured workers were not eligible for benefits from the state’s Second Injury Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Corporate Parent of Borrowing Employer Not Civilly Liable for Worker's Injuries | 05/05/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court overturned a jury’s finding that a borrowing employer’s corporate parent was civilly liable to a worker for his on-the-job injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Jury Verdict, $1.84 Million Award for Worker's Injuries | 05/05/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court overturned a jury verdict and award of $1.84 million to a worker on his claim for injuries sustained while the defendant and his employer were performing work as independent contractors on an oil and gas well. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Allegedly Fell From Ladder Not Entitled to Summary Judgment | 05/05/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for an alleged fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Back Injury Claim | 05/05/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for an alleged back injury due to his lack of credibility. Case:...Read More | |||
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Exception to Going-and-Coming Rule Not Applicable to Carpool Arranged by Colleague | 05/02/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court annulled a Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board order awarding benefits to a farmworker who was seriously injured while commuting home via a carpool arranged by a co-worker. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Amended Premium Fraud Reporting Measure | 05/02/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A policy committee in the California Senate passed an amended bill relating to premium fraud investigations. The Senate Committee on Labor, Public Emp...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Files Recommendation for 11.2% Rate Increase | 05/02/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau submitted its filing recommending that the California insurance commissioner increase the advisory pure premium rate by 11.2%. ...Read More | |||
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State Issues First Fines for Warehouse Quota Violations | 05/02/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Washington state's workplace safety agency has fined Safeway more than $26,000 for alleged warehouse quota law violations, the first sanctions imposed under a 2024 law. ...Read More | |||
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Texas Mutual Board Approves $330M Dividend | 05/02/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The board of directors for Texas Mutual Insurance Co. approved a $330 million general dividend distribution in 2025. Texas Mutual said dividend chec...Read More | |||
