Workers' Compensation News
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Contractor Charged With Failing to Carry Comp Coverage | 08/26/2026 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that the owner of a contracting firm who allegedly fled a job after receiving a stop-work order for not carrying comp coverage has been formally charged. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Alleged Fall | 08/26/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from a fall at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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WCJ Errs in Addressing Pending Petitions Before Settlement Hearing | 08/26/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a workers’ compensation judge erred in addressing an employer’s termination petition and two utilization review petitions before holding a hearing on the approval of a settlement. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: 60-Day Recon Deadline Not Jurisdictional; Equitable Tolling Inappropriate | 08/25/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's practice of self-tolling the 60-day statutory deadline to rule on petitions for reconsideration. ...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Drops DA Death Investigation Pilot Project | 08/25/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| California lawmakers appear to have backed away from a proposed five-year pilot project in which district attorneys in Santa Clara and Alameda counties would have handled investigations of workplace accidents resulting in death. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Worker's Claim Was Time-Barred | 08/25/2026 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s cervical spine injury claim was time-barred. Case: Conrad v. Food Lio...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Aggravation Finding, Need for Surgery | 08/25/2026 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a compensable injury aggravated a worker’s preexisting ankle condition, which resulted in her need for surgery. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Civil Suit for Nurse's COVID Death | 08/25/2026 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of a civil suit against a hospital for the death of an immunocompromised emergency room nurse after she contracted COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Yale University Officer Charged With Fraud | 08/25/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A campus officer at the Yale University Police Department was arrested and charged with workers' compensation fraud, the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice announced. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Set to Publish 'Mayor' Decision | 08/24/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Supreme Court will answer whether the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board can apply equitable tolling to act on a petition for reconsideration beyond the 60 days allowed under the Labor Code in a decision set to be published at 10 a.m. Monday. ...Read More | |||
