Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Injured in Electrical Explosion Can Proceed With Intentional Tort Claim | 08/08/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Delaware Superior Court judge ruled that a worker injured in an electrical explosion could proceed with his intentional tort claim against his employer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Finds Employer's Conduct Harmed Worker but Didn't Amount to Bad Faith, Lack of Diligence | 08/08/2025 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an injured worker was not permanently and totally disabled and that his employer had not acted in bad faith or without due diligence in contesting his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Board Can Reject Medical Opinion for Confusing Legal, Clinical Pneumoconiosis | 08/07/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that the Benefits Review Board can reject a medical opinion based on its blurring of distinctions between clinical and legal pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Termination of Police Officer's Heart-Lung Act Benefits | 08/07/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the termination of an injured police officer’s Heart and Lung Act benefits. Case...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of PTD Benefits for Worker With 95% PPD | 08/07/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for permanent total disability benefits even though he had received permanent partial disability awards from multiple claims that totaled 95%. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Former Attorney Can't Challenge Order Designating Payee for Indemnity Checks | 08/07/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that a worker’s former attorney could not challenge a non-final order designating the worker’s guardian as the proper payee for indemnity benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Department Reduces Loss Costs 6.1% | 08/07/2025 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Hampshire Insurance Department on Wednesday announced a 6.1% reduction in voluntary loss costs and a 5.4% reduction in rates for the assigned risk pool. ...Read More | |||
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Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing $42,000 in Dead Mother's Benefits | 08/07/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York State Inspector General's Office announced that a Port Jervis man pleaded guilty to stealing more than $42,000 in workers' compensation benefits that were issued to his mother, who had died in April 2022. ...Read More | |||
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Written Premium Down 4% in 1st Quarter | 08/06/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Written premium of $4.1 billion in the first three months of 2025 is down 4% compared to the same period in 2024, according to the latest quarterly experience report from the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California. ...Read More | |||
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CHSWC Meets Aug. 14 | 08/06/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s labor-management advisory panel meeting in Oakland Aug. 14. Members of the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers&r...Read More | |||
