Workers' Compensation News
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Court: Worker's Motion to Amend Consent Letter Should Have Been Denied | 10/03/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s motion to amend the language of a consent letter should have been denied because the proposal allowed her to receive a double recovery of legal fees. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes $50K Penalty for Failed Challenge to Firefighter Cancer Claims | 10/03/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio lawmaker introduced legislation that would create a $50,000 penalty payable to firefighters whose employer loses an appeal of a benefit award on a presumptive cancer claim. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Lowers Benefit Fund Assessment | 10/03/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division lowered the assessment that funds certain benefits for injured workers to 1.8 cents per hour worked. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Grant of Worker's Motion to Strike Fraud Accusations | 10/03/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court overturned the grant of a worker’s motion to strike a carrier’s accusation of fraud. Case...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds TTD Award for Worker's Wrist Injury | 10/03/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker for his wrist injury. Case: Autozon...Read More | |||
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Circuit Court Errs in Setting Aside Commission's Finding on Causation | 10/03/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a circuit court judge should not have overturned a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Commission that found a worker’s cervical spine injury was not causally related to her on-the-job accident. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Not Entitled to Line-of-Duty Death Benefits for Retired Firefighter's Fatal Heart Attack | 10/02/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld the denial of line-of-duty death benefits for a retired firefighter’s fatal heart attack. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Holding Quarterly Stakeholder Meeting Oct. 22 | 10/02/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation is holding its quarterly stakeholder meeting on Oct. 22. Officials from the division will provide an ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Doesn't Apply to Restaurant Worker's Death From Anaphylactic Shock | 10/02/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld an award of $5,782,349.85 for a restaurant worker’s death from anaphylactic shock after he ate a free meal that contained seafood. ...Read More | |||
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DOL Fines Contractor for Fall, Drowning Hazards | 10/02/2025 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor fined a Florida painting contractor $877,220 for safety violations following an investigation into a worker's drowning death. ...Read More | |||
