Workers' Compensation News
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Kitchen Cabinet Installer's Labor Law Claim Reinstated | 12/18/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court reinstated a Labor Law claim by a kitchen cabinet installer against a builder for his injuries from a fall. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Widow's Claim for Benefits | 12/18/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned the denial of a widow’s claim for benefits, finding the Board of Review had failed to properly analyze the Occupational Pneumoconiosis Board’s conclusion that occupational pneumoconiosis had not contributed to a worke...Read More | |||
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OIR Holding Insurance Summit April 14-15 | 12/18/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is holding its 2026 Insurance Summit April 14-15 in Tallahassee. “Florida has one o...Read More | |||
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More Than Half of Providers Rated High-Tier Performers | 12/18/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| More than half of the health care providers that the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation audited in 2025 were rated as "high-tier" performers. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Carrier Has Duty to Defend General Contractor From Civil Suit | 12/17/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a determination that a subcontractor’s insurance carrier had a duty to defend the general contractor from a civil suit by the subcontractor’s injured employee. ...Read More | |||
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Worsening of Worker's Occupational Pneumoconiosis Warrants Increase in PPD Award | 12/17/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award due to the worsening of his occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Calculation of Nurse's Wages, Penalty Against Employer | 12/17/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld both the a calculation of a traveling nurse’s wages and the assessment of a penalty against her employer. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Contractor $1.2 Million | 12/17/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a Connecticut contractor more than $1.2 million for allegedly failing to protect workers from cave-in and excavation hazards. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Partial Summary Dismissal of Worker's Labor Law Claim | 12/17/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the partial summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims. Case: Mitchell v. City of New...Read More | |||
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Fraud Conviction Leads to $132,023 Restitution Order | 12/16/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California man convicted of workers' compensation fraud was ordered to pay $132,023 in restitution, the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office announced. ...Read More | |||
