Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Reinstates Civil Suit Over COVID Deaths of Meat Processing Workers | 05/28/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court partially reinstated a civil action by the estates of four meat processing workers who died from COVID-19, including allegations of gross negligence and fraud against a group of Tyson Foods supervisory employees and executives. ...Read More | |||
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Health Care Worker's Claim for COVID-19 Infection Can't Be Revived | 05/28/2025 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that the Court of Civil Appeals erred in reviving a health care worker’s claim for benefits for her COVID-19 infection. ...Read More | |||
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State Had Slower Cost Growth Than Others in WCRI Study | 05/28/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| There was little change in total costs per claim in Virginia in recent years, and growth in claim costs was lower than what was typical among the 18 states studied by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Zurich North America Names Chief Communications Officer | 05/28/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Zurich North America announced that Chuck Kaiser joined the company as chief communications officer Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Some Defendants in Labor Law Action Get Partial Summary Judgment Dismissing Claims | 05/28/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that some defendants in a Labor Law action should have been granted partial summary judgment dismissing claims against them. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award for Worker's Occupational Asthma | 05/28/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to benefits for his occupational asthma from his on-the-job chemical exposures. ...Read More | |||
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9th Circuit Finds Employer Rebutted LHWCA Claim for Cumulative Knee Injury | 05/27/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The 9th Court of Appeals denied a petition to review an administrative decision that found a worker was not entitled to benefits for cumulative knee injuries under the federal Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Compensation Judge Can Determine Worker's Competency to Settle Claims | 05/27/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a compensation judge has jurisdiction to determine whether a worker with a traumatic brain injury required the assistance of a conservator to settle his claims and whether his agreements with his employer should be set aside. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker's Civil Suit for Burn Injuries | 05/27/2025 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Rhode Island Supreme Court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured worker’s civil action for injuries from the allegedly negligent maintenance of an asphalt distribution truck. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Can't Expand Claim With Additional Conditions, Treatments | 05/27/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of her claim to include additional injuries and treatment. ...Read More | |||
