Workers' Compensation News
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Split Supreme Court Denies VSSR Award to Widow for Worker's Death by Asphyxiation | 05/09/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| A divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a widow was not entitled to an enhanced award of benefits for her husband’s death from inhaling nitrogen-saturated air. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Excluding Certain Temp Workers From Comp | 05/09/2025 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oklahoma Gov. J. Kevin Stitt signed a bill eliminating the requirement to carry comp coverage for certain unpaid temporary workers. The gove...Read More | |||
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Max TD Benefit Increases July 1 | 05/09/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The maximum temporary total disability benefit in Oregon is increasing by 6.427% on July 1 to match the increase in the state’s average weekly wage. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Establishing Criteria to Mandate Lump-Sum Payments | 05/09/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill that requires carriers and self-insured employers to make a lump-sum payment of a permanent partial disability award if the injured worker waives reconsideration of a notice of closure or the award has become final by operation of law. ...Read More | |||
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Firefighter Cancer Bill Heads to Governor | 05/09/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Connecticut lawmakers voted to send the governor a bill that would make various changes to the program providing quasi-workers’ compensation benefits to firefighters with certain types of cancer. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Proves Discrete New Injury to Previously Injured Ankle | 05/09/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker had suffered a discrete new injury to his previously injured ankle after twisting it at work. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Labor Law Claim Against Homeowner | 05/09/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment dismissing the Labor Law claims against a homeowner for a worker’s alleged fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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University System Retains Immunity From Fees After 2019 Amendments | 05/08/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court wiped out an order awarding attorney fees to an injured worker after finding state agencies have sovereign immunity that shields them from statutory provisions intended to shift the cost of appeals from injured workers to their employers. ...Read More | |||
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Four Indicted in Alleged Off-the-Books Payroll Scheme | 05/08/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Federal grand jurors last week indicted four Florida residents who allegedly ran an illegal payroll system to avoid taxes and to shortchange workers' compensation insurers. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Firefighter With Stress Injury Claim | 05/08/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the denial of benefits for a firefighter’s stress injury claim. Case: Lawless v. Ind...Read More | |||
