Workers' Compensation News
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OSHA Announces $235,000 Settlement With Adidas America | 06/09/2025 | |
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| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it entered into a settlement with Adidas America requiring the company to pay $235,000 in fines and implement enhanced safety measures to resolve fall hazard and unsafe ladder violations. ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment for Worker Who Allegedly Fell Through Hole in Roof | 06/09/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a denial of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for his alleged fall through a hole in a building’s roof. ...Read More | |||
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Defendants in Labor Law Action Get Partial Dismissal | 06/09/2025 | |
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| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law action should have been granted partial summary judgment dismissing some of the worker’s claims. ...Read More | |||
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Uninsured Employers' Fund Can't Appeal Order Compelling Payment for ER Care | 06/09/2025 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal by the Uninsured Employers' Fund challenging an interlocutory order that compelled it to pay for a worker’s emergency room treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can Pursue Tort Claim Undisclosed in Bankruptcy Proceedings | 06/09/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker was not judicially estopped from pursuing his personal injury claim against a third-party tortfeasor even though he failed to disclose it in his previous bankruptcy proceedings. ...Read More | |||
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Jury Charges Postal Carrier With Double-Dipping | 06/09/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal grand jury in Kentucky indicted a former postal carrier for allegedly double-dipping and receiving workers’ compensation benefits while also working for a family rental business. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Judicial Court Says Worker Did Not Timely File Petition to Restore Benefits | 06/06/2025 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Maine’s highest court ruled that an administrative law judge properly dismissed a worker’s petition for the restoration of benefits for a 1996 injury as untimely. ...Read More | |||
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Defendants in Injured Worker's Civil Suit Can't Be Compelled to Respond to Discovery | 06/06/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that the defendants in an injured worker’s civil suit should not have been compelled to respond to his pre-arbitration discovery requests. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Miner Proved Work, Not Smoking, Caused COPD | 06/06/2025 | |
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| A federal court found that a former coal miner with a lengthy history of smoking provided sufficient evidence for a trial judge to conclude that his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was attributable at least in part to his work. ...Read More | |||
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Court Grants Partial Summary Judgment to Worker Who Fell From Platform | 06/06/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. Case: Riva...Read More | |||
