Workers' Compensation News
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Claim by Worker Who Fell From Roof Not Amenable to Summary Judgment | 05/29/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s Labor Law claim for his fall from a condominium roof was not amenable to summary judgment. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Errs in Finding Temp Company's Client Is Dual Employer | 05/29/2025 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Commission erred in finding that a business using a staffing company’s services was the dual employer of an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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Firefighter Not Entitled to Change Start Date for PTD Benefits | 05/29/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a firefighter was not entitled to relief from an administrative order establishing the start date for his permanent total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Overturns Determination of Lump-Sum Payment Owed to Worker | 05/29/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals overturned a determination of the lump-sum payment of benefits owed to a worker. Case: Mueller I...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Contractor Bill, PPD Increase | 05/29/2025 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill increasing the cap on permanent partial disability benefits and allowing general contractors to provide comp coverage for their subcontractors. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves Increase in Witness Fees | 05/29/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill to increase the maximum payments for witness fees, expenses and costs by $2,000, effective Jan. 1. Kote...Read More | |||
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Appropriations Committees Pass Comp Bills | 05/28/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s projected $12 billion budget did not interfere with the progression of workers’ compensation bills through fiscal committees in both chambers of the Legislature. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Reinstates Civil Suit Over COVID Deaths of Meat Processing Workers | 05/28/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court partially reinstated a civil action by the estates of four meat processing workers who died from COVID-19, including allegations of gross negligence and fraud against a group of Tyson Foods supervisory employees and executives. ...Read More | |||
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Health Care Worker's Claim for COVID-19 Infection Can't Be Revived | 05/28/2025 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that the Court of Civil Appeals erred in reviving a health care worker’s claim for benefits for her COVID-19 infection. ...Read More | |||
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State Had Slower Cost Growth Than Others in WCRI Study | 05/28/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| There was little change in total costs per claim in Virginia in recent years, and growth in claim costs was lower than what was typical among the 18 states studied by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
