Workers' Compensation News
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Elderly, Cancer-Stricken Worker Gets Hardship Reclassification | 05/23/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that an elderly worker with cancer demonstrated extreme hardship that warranted reclassification. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Bars Tort Suit by Worker Who Fell Into Vat of Molten Lead | 05/23/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a grant of summary judgment dismissing the negligence claim by a worker who fell into a vat of molten lead against the company that had hired his employer to perform maintenance work. ...Read More | |||
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Exception to Going-and-Coming Rule Not Applicable to Carpool Arranged by Colleague | 05/02/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court annulled a Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board order awarding benefits to a farmworker who was seriously injured while commuting home via a carpool arranged by a co-worker. ...Read More | |||
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Employer May Terminate Worker's Benefits With No Liability for Litigation Costs | 04/23/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a city was entitled to terminate a worker’s benefits and that she was not entitled to an award of litigation costs. ...Read More | |||
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Enforcement of Heat Regs Starts April 29 | 04/22/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds employers that it will begin enforcing the state’s heat regulations April 29. ...Read More | |||
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Eligible IMR Applications Increase in 2024; UR Uphold Rate Drops to 87.3% | 04/10/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The number of eligible applications for independent medical review increased to 148,106 in 2024 from 133,093 in 2023, and the proportion of decisions affirming the underlying utilization review determination fell to an all-time low of 87.3%, according to a new report by the California Divisi...Read More | |||
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Eric Hansen Reelected Chair of CWCI Board | 04/07/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute announced that Eric M. Hansen was re-elected to serve as chairman of its board of directors in 2025. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Liable for Worker's Medical Bills, but Sanctions Not Warranted | 03/10/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was liable for a worker’s medical bills for treatment it had refused to cover but that it should not have been sanctioned for its conduct. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Not Bound by Stipulation as Responsible Operator for Black Lung Claim | 02/28/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that an employer was not bound by a stipulation it made to be the responsible operator for a claim for black lung benefits in a subsequent claim by the same worker. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Bars Widow's Suit for Fatal Shooting | 02/20/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that workers’ compensation exclusivity barred a widow’s suit for the fatal shooting of her husband by a recently terminated co-employee. ...Read More | |||
