Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Who Fell From Ladder Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 06/30/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Board Errs in Assigning Burden of Proof on Combined Condition Claim | 06/30/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board erred in failing to require a carrier to produce evidence that a worker’s accepted condition was not the major contributing cause of his need for treatment of a combined condition. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker Who Died While Driving Home in Company Vehicle | 06/30/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a claim for death benefits by the family of a worker who died in a motor vehicle accident while traveling home, in an employer-owned vehicle, from his place of work. ...Read More | |||
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Department of Labor Proposes $3.5M in Fines for Chemical Spill Response | 06/30/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed more than $3.5 million in fines against three companies after federal inspectors determined that the employers failed to protect workers during post-emergency response cleanup following a chemical spill at the BWC Terminals industrial facility in Cha...Read More | |||
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Bill to Make Debit Card Option Permanent Heads to Governor | 06/29/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate unanimously voted to send the governor a bill that would make the option to pay indemnity benefits with prepaid debit cards permanent. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Vacates Writ Directing Commission to Consider Adult's Status as Dependent | 06/29/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court vacated a decision by an appellate court directing the Industrial Commission to consider whether a worker’s adult daughter was entitled to death benefits as a dependent. ...Read More | |||
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Paraplegic Worker Can't Hold Vendor Liable for Warehouse Accident | 06/29/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court ruled that a worker’s catastrophic injuries were not a reasonably foreseeable consequence of a vendor’s presumed failure to secure its products to a pallet. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Claims for Slip-and-Fall Accident Summarily Dismissed | 06/29/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s claims for her alleged slip-and-fall accident. Case: Agu...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendants Can't Prove Status as Alter Egos of Employer | 06/29/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim, as the defendants were not alter egos of his employer. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Create Cancer Screening Program for Firefighters | 06/29/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Pennsylvania lawmakers are proposing a special fund to cover annual cancer screenings not paid for by firefighters' health insurance policies. ...Read More | |||
