Workers' Compensation News
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Lack of Evidence Dooms Worker's COVID-19 Claim | 12/02/2025 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Supreme Court of Tennessee's Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel affirmed a decision finding that an injured worker failed to introduce evidence supporting her claim that she contracted COVID-19 at work. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Labor Law Judgment for Worker Who Slipped on Ice | 12/02/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment in favor of a worker's Labor Law claim for his slip and fall on ice at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Doesn't Justify Reopening Settlement | 12/02/2025 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An injured worker failed to prove that her employer obtained a settlement through fraud or that she didn't understand the agreement before she signed it, a Colorado appeals court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Court: State's Sovereign Immunity Defeats Retaliation Claim | 12/02/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Missouri appellate court said the state is immune from the law that prohibits retaliating against employees for filing workers' compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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Insured Assessment Factor Increasing Slightly in 2026 | 12/01/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The total assessment factor for insured employers will increase by a little more than 3% in 2026, according to notices the California Department of Industrial Relations sent last week. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Affirms Prevalence Assessment for COVID-19 Infections | 12/01/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York's top court endorsed a method for workers to prove extraordinary COVID-19 exposure through frequent contact with the public or co-workers in areas where the virus is prevalent. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Announces 4.9% Rate Increase | 12/01/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Workers' compensation premiums will increase by an average of 4.9% next year, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced. ...Read More | |||
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Court Finds Overpayment of Benefits, Fraud by Worker Employed While Collecting TTD | 12/01/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a finding of overpayment and fraud against an injured worker who concealed his employment while collecting temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Volunteer EMT Gets Award of TTD | 12/01/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Maryland Appellate Court upheld a jury’s determination that an injured volunteer emergency medical technician was entitled to temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request for PTD Benefits for Back Injury | 12/01/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for permanent total disability benefits for a back injury. ...Read More | |||
