Workers' Compensation News
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High Court to Hear Arguments on Standards for Aggravation of Preexisting Condition | 05/23/2025 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee Supreme Court on Thursday will hear arguments in a case that seeks to clarify the appropriate standards for the aggravation of preexisting conditions. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Reports Rapid Growth in Total Costs Per Claim | 05/23/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute reports that total costs per claim in Minnesota increased about 10% annually from 2021 to 2023. ...Read More | |||
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PPD Increase, Contractor Coverage Bill Headed to Governor | 05/23/2025 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oklahoma lawmakers sent the governor a bill that would increase the cap on permanent partial disability benefits by a little more than 4% and allow general contractors to provide comp coverage to subcontractors. ...Read More | |||
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Deputy Sheriff Fails to Link Cervical Condition to Work Injury | 05/23/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a deputy sheriff’s cervical stenosis was unrelated to his work injury. ...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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Worker Able to Return to Concurrent Employment Can't Get Total Disability Benefits | 05/23/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an Amazon employee was entitled only to temporary partial disability benefits after an injury because he remained able to work. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Tribal Immunity Extends to Health Care Contractor | 05/22/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court overturned a Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board decision and held that a nonprofit health care organization that works with several Indian tribes is entitled to sovereign immunity. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Responding to Gardner Decision | 05/22/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed a budget bill that includes a last-minute addition that supporters say addresses a problematic state Supreme Court decision that threatened to increase work comp costs. ...Read More | |||
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Report Details Recommendations to Curb 'Excessive' Comp Claims by Correctional Workers | 05/22/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New York City has incurred more than $1 billion in workers’ compensation expenses on claims filed by correctional workers over the last three years, according to a report by the city’s Department of Investigation. ...Read More | |||
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Feds Unseal Fraud Charges Against Corrections Officers | 05/22/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced the unsealing of three indictments charging one current correctional officer and two former officers at Rikers Island with fraud. ...Read More | |||
