Workers' Compensation News
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Labor Law Defendant Doesn't Get Summary Judgment on Indemnification Claim Against Employer | 02/07/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was not entitled to summary judgment on its indemnification claims against an allegedly injured worker’s nonparty employer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Revives Worker's Labor Law Claims, Grants Summary Judgment | 02/07/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court partially overturned the dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims, and granted him summary judgment as to liability on his Section 240(1) claim. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Doesn't Violate FEHA When Worker Never Requests Accommodation | 02/06/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court ruled that an employer did not violate the Fair Employment and Housing Act by failing to engage in the interactive process or provide a reasonable accommodation when a worker never explicitly requested such an accommodation. ...Read More | |||
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COVID-19 Nonemergency Standards End | 02/06/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Industrial Relations announced that most of the non-emergency standards it adopted to prevent COVID-19 expired at the start of the month. ...Read More | |||
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Defendant Not Entitled to Assert Collateral Estoppel Defense Based on WCB Decision | 02/06/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant in a civil action was not entitled to amend its answer to assert a collateral estoppel defense based on a finding by the Workers’ Compensation Board that the plaintiff’s injuries had resolved. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Findings of Fraud, Overpayment to Worker Collecting TTD While Employed | 02/06/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld findings of fraud and overpayment to a worker who collected temporary total disability benefits while employed at her then-boyfriend’s addiction rehabilitation center. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Denied PPD for COVID Infection, Post-COVID Syndrome | 02/06/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a denial of permanent partial disability benefits to a worker for her COVID-19 infection and post-COVID syndrome. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Truck Driver's Alleged Injuries | 02/06/2025 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits for a truck driver’s claim of injury to his back and head after an on-the-job fall. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Experience Rating, Subrogation Bill | 02/06/2025 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Indiana House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that would prohibit state agencies from not allowing employers with high experience ratings to bid on projects and require carriers to adjust experience ratings after successful subrogation actions. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Keep Noncompliant Employers From Assigned Risk Plan | 02/06/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that would exempt certain noncomplying employers from being placed in the state's assigned risk plan. ...Read More | |||
