Workers' Compensation News
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Bills to Expand Presumptions Pass First Chamber | 03/24/2026 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Bills that would expand Maryland's hypertension presumption for firefighters and extend the heart disease and hypertension presumption to correctional officers in another county are moving through the General Assembly. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns State's Win Against Worker Allegedly Hurt While Exiting Moving Vehicle | 03/24/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for the state on a worker’s Labor Law claim for her alleged injuries from attempting to exit a moving vehicle. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Backed Car Into Trench Gets Part of Labor Law Action Reinstated | 03/24/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a Labor Law action by a worker who suffered injuries when he backed his personal vehicle into an unguarded trench at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Posts Updated Hospital Cost-to-Charge Ratios | 03/24/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division published new cost-to-charge ratios used to calculate reimbursement owed to hospitals for treating injured workers starting April 1. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker's Suit Against Contractor Fails Due to Privette Doctrine | 03/23/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured worker’s civil claim against the contractor that hired his employer, finding the worker’s action failed due to the Privette doctrine. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Updates Physician, Practitioner Section of Fee Schedule | 03/23/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation updated the physician and practitioner section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to incorporate Medicare's second-quarter changes. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Revives Suit Over Take-Home Asbestos Exposure | 03/23/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Kentucky Supreme Court revived a lawsuit against two defendants, finding they had a duty to protect against foreseeable harm posed by their employees' exposing household members to asbestos dust. ...Read More | |||
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General Contractor Gets Partial Dismissal of Claims Against It | 03/23/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a general contractor was entitled to partial summary judgment dismissing some of the claims against it in a Labor Law action, and that it was entitled to indemnification from a subcontractor who installed a defective ceiling. ...Read More | |||
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Property Owners, Tenants Get Partial Summary Judgment on Worker's Labor Law Claims | 03/23/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the owners and tenants of a property should have been granted partial summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claims for his injuries from being struck by a falling object. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Award for Closed Head Injury | 03/23/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a worker for a closed head injury resulting from a fall. ...Read More | |||
