Workers' Compensation News
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Carrier, Agent Have No Duty to Defend Third-Party Defendant in Worker's Suit | 02/26/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier and its managing general agent had no duty to defend or indemnify its insured against a third-party claim filed by the owner of property at which the insured’s employee allegedly suffered injuries. ...Read More | |||
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No TTD for Worker Who Was Unemployed When Disabled by Psychological Condition | 02/26/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a man was not entitled to temporary total disability benefits for a period during which his compensable psychological conditions rendered him unable to work. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Propose San Joaquin MPN, Ag Worker Heat Presumption | 02/25/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Bills introduced ahead of Friday's filing deadline for the 2025 legislative session include familiar proposals to create a state-run medical provider network and enact a heat injury presumption for agricultural workers. ...Read More | |||
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Task Force Says Employers Duck $58.7M in Premiums by Misclassifying Workers | 02/25/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Businesses misclassifying construction workers in Maryland avoid paying an estimated $58.7 million in workers' compensation premiums annually, according to a new report by the state's Joint Enforcement Task Force on Workplace Fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Death From Lung Transplant Complications Not Compensable | 02/25/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker’s death from complications stemming from a double lung transplant necessitated by his COVID-19 infection was not compensable. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Overturns Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claims as Premature | 02/25/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court partially overturned a grant of summary judgment for a defendant in a Labor Law case as premature. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Report: SAIF CEO Reports Home Targeted by Gunfire | 02/25/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The chief executive officer of Oregon's SAIF Corp. said someone fired three bullets through his front door, according to a report by Wi...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Employer's Petition for Review of Worker's Black Lung Benefits Award | 02/25/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court denied an employer petition for review of an award of Black lung benefits to a longtime coal miner. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Writ of Supervisory Review, Award of Fees, Penalties | 02/25/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court granted a supervisory writ of review and determined that an injured worker should have been awarded attorney fees and penalties. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Address Fee Schedules, Wage Calculations and Presumptions | 02/24/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers introduced bills that would require biennial adjustments to the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule and annual cost-of-living increases in wages used to calculate permanent partial disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
