Workers' Compensation News
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Exclusivity Doesn't Bar Worker's Civil Suit Over Mold-Infested Workspace | 06/10/2025 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals revived a worker’s civil suit against the owners of the mold-infested commercial property where he worked. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Reopen Claim to Challenge Benefit Payments to Worker's Son | 06/02/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an employer was not entitled to reopen a claim and challenge benefit payments to a deceased worker’s son. ...Read More | |||
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En Banc Court Finds Widow's FELA Claim Timely | 06/02/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The en banc Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that a railway worker’s widow timely filed a Federal Employers’ Liability Act claim in her capacity as the administrator of the worker’s estate, even though she did not seek appointment until after the statute of limitations had expi...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
