Workers' Compensation News
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Firefighter Proves Compensability of Knee Injury | 05/16/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a firefighter’s knee injury. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Partial Summary Judgment | 05/16/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a partial grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim but said other portions of the case should have been dismissed. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Projects Highest Combined Ratio in 14 Years | 05/15/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California projected a 2024 accident year combined ratio of 123%, 10 percentage points higher than the year before and the highest ratio in 14 years. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Marijuana Use Didn't Contribute to Fall From Roof | 05/15/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the denial of an injured worker’s claim for benefits because he failed to prove his use of marijuana had not contributed to the accident. ...Read More | |||
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Zurich Names Bennett Himes Head of Underwriting for U.S. Middle Market | 05/15/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Zurich North America announced that Bennett Himes joined the company as the new head of underwriting for the U.S. middle market. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Not Entitled to Renew Prior Motion for Summary Judgment | 05/15/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier’s motion to renew its prior motion for summary judgment was properly denied. ...Read More | |||
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State Has Immunity From Suit by Contractor's Injured Employee | 05/15/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld a determination that the state was the statutory employer of a contractor’s employee who was injured while supervising inmates working at a call center at a prison complex. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets TTD for Shoulder Injury, but Bid for More Rejected | 05/15/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker for a shoulder injury but rejected his claim of entitlement to more compensation. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Reports Cost Trends Mostly Linked to Wages | 05/15/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute said recent changes in overall costs per claim in Florida in 2022 and 2023 were largely the result of wage growth. ...Read More | |||
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CDI Sets June 10 Hearing on Rate Filing | 05/14/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance is holding a public hearing on June 10 on a recommendation to increase the advisory pure premium rate for policies incepting on or after Sept. 1. ...Read More | |||
