Workers' Compensation News
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NCCI Donates $25,000 to Kids' Chance of America | 05/13/2025 | |
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| The National Council on Compensation Insurance on Monday donated $25,000 to Kids’ Chance of America in conjunction with its Annual Issues Symposium 2025 golf tournament in Orlando, Florida. ...Read More | |||
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Charges Against Restaurant Manager Dismissed for Insufficient Evidence | 05/13/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Prosecutors dismissed workers’ compensation fraud charges filed against the manager of a Texas barbecue restaurant for insufficient evidence, the Austin American-Statesman reported. ...Read More | |||
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Court Orders WCA to Reinstate Judge Fired for Inaccurate Time Sheet | 05/12/2025 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal court ordered the New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration to reinstate a judge it fired in November for erroneously indicating on a time sheet that she used two hours of administrative leave to vote. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Alleges Post Office Fired Worker for Reporting Injury | 05/12/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit alleging that the U.S. Postal Service illegally reported a worker for reporting a workplace injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Sprayed in Face by Sandblasting Equipment Gets Summary Judgment | 05/12/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who was sprayed in the face by sandblasting equipment should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Health Care Worker's Claim for Knee Injury | 05/12/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a health care worker’s claim for a knee injury. Case:...Read More | |||
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Worker's Challenge to Fee Award Fails | 05/12/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s failure to name his former attorney as a party was fatal to his appeal. Cas...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Scaffold Qualifies as Subcontractor's Employee | 05/12/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a worker who fell from a scaffold was an employee of a subcontractor on a construction project as opposed to an independent contractor or special employee of the general contractor. ...Read More | |||
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Court Remands Case to Determine Date of Injury for CT Claim by '70s-Era Ballplayer | 05/09/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court annulled a Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board decision ordering arbitration of a coverage dispute to obtain a factual determination of the date of injury for a former New York Yankee who retired in 1978. ...Read More | |||
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Agreement Between Union, Employer Divests JCC of Jurisdiction Over Worker's Claim | 05/09/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claim for benefits, finding that his labor union and employer had a valid and enforceable contractual agreement divesting the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims of jurisdiction over the matter. ...Read More | |||
