Workers' Compensation News
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Property Owners Not Civilly Liable for Worker's Murder by Colleague | 08/14/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals ruled that the owners of a property could not be held civilly liable for the murder of a worker who was their co-employee. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Increase Penalty for Retaliation to Three Times Worker's Total Compensation | 08/14/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York lawmaker is proposing to significantly increase the penalty for employers that retaliate against workers who file comp claims, raising it from a couple of hundred dollars to more than three times the affected worker's annual wages. ...Read More | |||
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Refiling Claim Doesn't Extend Time to Request Hearing | 08/13/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that refiling a claim for the same injury does not extend the time to request a hearing. Jennifer Pr...Read More | |||
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Division Proposes Research Agenda for 2026 | 08/13/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Another health care network report card is in the works for researchers at the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation. The division's Worke...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Revives Labor Law Claim by Worker Struck by Falling Object | 08/13/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court revived parts of a worker’s Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from being struck by a falling object. ...Read More | |||
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Teacher Fails to Prove Compensable Injury From Dancing With Kids | 08/13/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a teacher’s claim of injury from dancing with a group of kindergarteners. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Rejects Employer's Challenge to Black Lung Award | 08/13/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals denied review of an employer’s challenge to an award of black lung benefits to a worker with complicated pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Freida D. Foster Named Chair of SWCB | 08/13/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday appointed Freida D. Foster to serve as chair of the State Workers' Compensation Board. ...Read More | |||
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Report: 98% of Firefighter Cancer Claims Initially Denied Despite Presumption | 08/13/2025 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Since Maine lawmakers created a presumption that cancer is compensable for firefighters, nearly all cancer claims filed by firefighters were initially denied, according to ...Read More | |||
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Rates to Drop 3.2% in October | 08/13/2025 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development and the Office of the Insurance Commissioner said businesses will pay an average of 3.2% less for workers’ compensation coverage, starting Oct. 1. ...Read More | |||
