Workers' Compensation News
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Insurance Committee Passes Comp Bills | 07/21/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly Insurance Committee unanimously passed bills that would make it harder for uninsured employers to transfer property to avoid liens, extend the duration of health coverage for minor dependents of deceased first responders and limit employer subrogation rights on claims invo...Read More | |||
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DA Investigates Alleged Failure to Protect Workers | 07/21/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced an investigation into a medical sterilization service for allegedly failing to protect workers from prolonged exposure to ethylene oxide. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
