Workers' Compensation News
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Comp Commission Welcomes New Deputies | 04/25/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Virginia's Workers' Compensation Commission has sworn in two deputies to serve as administrative law judges. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds PPD Award for Worker's Back Injury | 04/25/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits based on a 21% permanent partial disability for a worker’s back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment in Labor Law Dispute | 04/25/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court revived multiple claims arising out of a worker’s alleged injuries at a construction site, finding that summary judgment was inappropriate because triable issues of fact remain. ...Read More | |||
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Adult Son of Police Officer Gets Writ for Commission to Consider Dependency | 04/25/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court issued a limited writ of mandamus directing the Industrial Commission to determine whether the adult son of a fallen police officer was actually dependent on his father and entitled to death benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Committee Passes SIBTF, IBR Bills | 04/24/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly Insurance Committee passed a handful of comp bills Wednesday, including a measure supporters say could reduce employers’ annual Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund assessment by more than $200 million. ...Read More | |||
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Contractor Liable for Paralyzed Worker's Injuries | 04/24/2025 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Michigan Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a contractor was liable for a paralyzed worker’s benefits as his statutory employer, given its contract with the apparent agent of the worker’s uninsured direct employer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies University Professor Benefits for Alleged Injury | 04/24/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a university professor’s claim for benefits for a compression fracture after he fell from a chair. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Has No Duty to Defend/Indemnify in Worker's Personal Injury Action | 04/24/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment that declared an insurance carrier had no obligation to defend or indemnify any entity involved in a worker’s civil suit over his alleged injuries at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Worker Meets Impairment Threshold for PTD Consideration | 04/24/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker met the whole-person impairment threshold of 50% to be considered for a permanent total disability award. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Opens Registration for 2025 Conference | 04/24/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation opened registration for its 2025 conference being held Sept. 29-30 in San Marcos. The ...Read More | |||
