Workers' Compensation News
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Nurse's Benefits Reinstated After Termination for Refusing COVID Vaccine | 07/15/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania reinstated benefits to an injured nurse who was terminated while still working under restrictions due to her refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Worker, Employer Entitled to Summary Judgment in Labor Law Action | 07/15/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim and that his employer was properly granted summary judgment dismissing the indemnification claim against it. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim Due to Lack of Credibility | 07/15/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim due to his lack of credibility. Case: ...Read More | |||
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LAO: Second Injury Fund 'No Longer Aligned' With Legislative Intent | 07/14/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The nonpartisan fiscal and policy adviser to the California Legislature said the Subsequent Injury Benefit Trust Fund is no longer aligned with the benefit structure that lawmakers intended for the workers' compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Investigation Leads to $262K in Fines for Aerospace Facility After Fire | 07/14/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor cited an Orlando, Florida-based missile manufacturer for exposing workers to fire, burn and inhalation hazards after a December fire hospitalized two employees and injured others. ...Read More | |||
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Court Orders Recalculation of Sanctions on Employer for Unfair Claims Processing, Bad Faith | 07/14/2025 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Mexico Court of Appeals upheld a judge’s finding that an employer engaged in unfair claim processing and bad faith, but remanded for the judge to redetermine the appropriate penalties. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets 1% PPD Award for Elbow Injury | 07/14/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 1% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s elbow injury. Case:...Read More | |||
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Neither Worker Nor Labor Law Defendant Entitled to Summary Judgment | 07/14/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should not have been granted summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claims, but the worker was properly denied summary judgment on his claims, too. ...Read More | |||
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School District Employee Gets TTD for Summer Period She Didn't Receive Wages | 07/14/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Court of Appeal for the 10th District of Ohio ruled that a school district employee was entitled to temporary total disability benefits for the three-month summer recess during which she did not receive her regular salary. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Seeks Bids to Administer Uninsured Employer's Fund | 07/14/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission issued a request for proposals for claims administration services for the Uninsured Employer's Fund. ...Read More | |||
