Workers' Compensation News
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Deputy Sheriff Fails to Link Cervical Condition to Work Injury | 05/23/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a deputy sheriff’s cervical stenosis was unrelated to his work injury. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Bars Tort Suit by Worker Who Fell Into Vat of Molten Lead | 05/23/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a grant of summary judgment dismissing the negligence claim by a worker who fell into a vat of molten lead against the company that had hired his employer to perform maintenance work. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Able to Return to Concurrent Employment Can't Get Total Disability Benefits | 05/23/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an Amazon employee was entitled only to temporary partial disability benefits after an injury because he remained able to work. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Tribal Immunity Extends to Health Care Contractor | 05/22/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court overturned a Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board decision and held that a nonprofit health care organization that works with several Indian tribes is entitled to sovereign immunity. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Responding to Gardner Decision | 05/22/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed a budget bill that includes a last-minute addition that supporters say addresses a problematic state Supreme Court decision that threatened to increase work comp costs. ...Read More | |||
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Report Details Recommendations to Curb 'Excessive' Comp Claims by Correctional Workers | 05/22/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New York City has incurred more than $1 billion in workers’ compensation expenses on claims filed by correctional workers over the last three years, according to a report by the city’s Department of Investigation. ...Read More | |||
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Feds Unseal Fraud Charges Against Corrections Officers | 05/22/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced the unsealing of three indictments charging one current correctional officer and two former officers at Rikers Island with fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Fire Department Fails to Rebut Presumption of Compensability for Death | 05/22/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a determination that a firefighter’s death was presumptively linked to his employment, but the fire department reasonably contested the compensability of his demise. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Man Who Had Heart Attack in Workplace Parking Lot | 05/22/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for benefits for a heart attack. Case: Matter of Stabile...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds $2.8 Million Verdict in Gross Negligence Claim | 05/22/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a jury’s award of $2.8 million in a co-worker gross negligence action arising from the death of a surface mine employee. ...Read More | |||
