Workers' Compensation News
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No Benefits for Widow of Police Officer Who Died by Suicide | 07/21/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court reinstated an administrative law judge’s denial of benefits to the widow of a police officer who killed himself at work using his service revolver. ...Read More | |||
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Coal Miner's Widow Fails to Link Occupational Pneumoconiosis to His Death | 07/21/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of benefits to a coal miner’s widow, finding that occupational pneumoconiosis was not a material contributing factor in his death. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Retroactive Application of Act 111 | 07/21/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected a worker’s constitutional challenge to the retroactive application of Act 111 to his injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Partial Summary Dismissal of Claims | 07/21/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendant in a Labor Law action should have been granted summary judgment dismissing part of the injured worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
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Jennifer Osborn Appointed as DIR Director | 07/18/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Jennifer Osborn as the new director of the Department of Industrial Relations. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds PTSD Award and Penalty, Vacates Finding That OSTD Is Compensable | 07/18/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed the finding that a Minneapolis police officer had a compensable claim for post-traumatic stress disorder and was entitled to an additional penalty award because the city's denial was frivolous. ...Read More | |||
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Contractor Sentenced in $1.2 Million Workers' Comp, Tax Fraud Scheme | 07/18/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The owner of a Long Island demolition company was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay more than $1.2 million in restitution for defrauding workers’ compensation insurers and the IRS, New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang announced. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Worker's Petitions for Reinstatement, Penalties Properly Dismissed as Untimely | 07/18/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the denial of a worker’s petitions for reinstatement of benefits and penalties as untimely. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says AWCA Doesn't Mandate Appointment of IME on Request | 07/18/2025 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals ruled that the state Administrative Workers’ Compensation Act does not mandate the appointment of an independent medical examiner any time an employer or employee requests one. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds 57% PPD Award for Injured Worker | 07/18/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 57% permanent partial disability award to a worker for his injuries from a tractor-trailer accident. ...Read More | |||
