Workers' Compensation News
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Court Affirms Finding That Farm Not Liable for Endemic Fungal Infection | 08/26/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals affirmed a jury's finding that a farm was not negligent or liable for a worker's endemic fungal infection. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds 12% PPD Award for Worker's Back Injury | 08/26/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 12% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s back injury. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court: Railway Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment on FELA Claim | 08/26/2025 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that a railway should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Federal Employers’ Liability Act claim. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendants Not Entitled to Summary Dismissal of Claims | 08/26/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law action were not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the claims against them. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Can't Vacate Jury's AOE/COE Determination in Negligence Case | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A jury's finding that employees of a Mazda dealership were not acting in the course and scope of their employment when one seriously injured the other in a car accident is supported by the evidence and can't be vacated by a judge, a Texas appeals court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Partial Summary Judgment for Worker on Labor Law Claims | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned partial summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claims for his alleged fall on a staircase. Case...Read More | |||
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BWC Announces 1% Rate Cut for Public Employers | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation said its board of directors approved a 1% rate cut for public employers. The reduction is exp...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Who Rejected Job Offer Still Gets TTD | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to temporary total disability benefits despite rejecting an accommodation job offer. ...Read More | |||
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No VSSR Award for Widow of Worker Crushed by Tree Stump | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a widow was not entitled to an enhanced award of benefits for a violation of a specific safety regulation, since she relied on a regulation that was inapplicable to the circumstances of her husband's death. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Award for Noise-Induced Hearing Loss | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a worker with noise-induced hearing loss. Case:...Read More | |||
