Workers' Compensation News
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Amended Bill Requires Annual Notice of Workers' Rights | 03/19/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California employers would be required to provide employees with notice of a wide range of rights ranging from state workers' compensation laws to due process and other federal constitutional protections, under a recently amended bill. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Entitlement to Additional TTD for Back Injury | 03/19/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the closure of a worker’s claim for temporary total disability benefits for a back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Lied About Running Business Forfeits Benefits | 03/19/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the disqualification of a worker from receiving benefits due to his concealment of the fact he was running a home improvement business. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Attorney's 20% Fee Against Worker's Medical Benefits | 03/19/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a judge’s decision to deny approval of a fee agreement allowing an attorney to receive 20% of a worker’s outstanding and future medical benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Zurich, Origin Partner on Hospitality Coverage | 03/19/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Zurich North America announced that one of its subsidiaries is partnering with Origin Specialty Underwriters to offer work comp coverage for small- to middle-market hotels and restaurants. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Worker's Claim for Wrongful Termination | 03/19/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court revived a worker’s claim of retaliatory termination, finding triable issues as to whether he had been fired for dishonesty or for filing a workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Announces Date for Regulatory Hearing | 03/18/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California announced that the Department of Insurance is holding a hearing in April on the proposed Sept. 1, 2025, regulatory filing. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Actuarial Committee Meets Thursday | 03/18/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California Actuarial Committee is meeting at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Committee members will disc...Read More | |||
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Statutory Damage Cap in Workers' Compensation Act Doesn't Apply to Independent Contractor | 03/18/2025 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a case of first impression, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that an independent contractor injured on the job by the negligence of another independent contractor may recover damages over the state law's limit because they are third parties to each other, not co-employees...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Pipe Gets Summary Judgment | 03/18/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries from being struck by a falling object. ...Read More | |||
