Workers' Compensation News
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Exclusivity Shields Borrowing Employer of Injured Worker | 09/03/2025 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled that exclusivity shielded the borrowing employer of a staffing agency’s injured employee. Case:...Read More | |||
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Assembly Passes Comp Bills | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly voted to send the governor bills to expand death benefits provided to children of first responders and provide full-pay salary continuation benefits to park rangers in Sacramento County. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Comp Is Exclusive Remedy for Worker Injured Tedding Hay | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A man was working in the course and scope of his employment for a water well drilling company when he was injured in a hay tedding accident on the personal farm of the company's owner, making workers' compensation his exclusive remedy, a Texas appellate court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Sets Hearing on Fee Schedule Update | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation is holding a hearing Sept. 19 on proposed changes to its work comp medical fee schedule. ...Read More | |||
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Vessel Owner Prevails on Injured Longshoreman's Maritime Negligence Claims | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld a defense judgment on an injured longshoreman’s maritime negligence claim. Case: N...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Scaffold Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a construction worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a scaffold. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Jury Verdict for Injured Truck Driver on Fraud Claims | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court overturned a jury verdict in favor of a truck driver and his company, finding they could not prove the causation element of their fraud claims based on the defendant’s failure to provide nonsubscriber insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Firefighter Loses Appeal Due to Procedural Failure | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Nevada court ruled that a firefighter’s failure to challenge both bases for the denial of an increase in his permanent partial disability award was fatal to his appeal. ...Read More | |||
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Report Finds High Denial Rate for Presumptive PTSD Claims | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Claims for post-traumatic stress disorder that are presumed to arise out of employment are denied at a greater rate than those for which the injured worker is required to prove compensability, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Vacates Wage Calculation for Worker Returning to Full-Time Position | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Arizona appeals court said the time frame an administrative law judge used to calculate preinjury monthly wages for a nurse who was injured after returning to full-time employment did not reflect her actual earning capacity at the time of the injury. ...Read More | |||
