Workers' Compensation News
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Split Court Overturns Determination of Lump-Sum Payment Owed to Worker | 05/29/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals overturned a determination of the lump-sum payment of benefits owed to a worker. Case: Mueller I...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Contractor Bill, PPD Increase | 05/29/2025 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill increasing the cap on permanent partial disability benefits and allowing general contractors to provide comp coverage for their subcontractors. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves Increase in Witness Fees | 05/29/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill to increase the maximum payments for witness fees, expenses and costs by $2,000, effective Jan. 1. Kote...Read More | |||
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Appropriations Committees Pass Comp Bills | 05/28/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s projected $12 billion budget did not interfere with the progression of workers’ compensation bills through fiscal committees in both chambers of the Legislature. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
