Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Establishes Compensability of Injury From Fall | 01/14/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker suffered a compensable injury from a fall at work. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Revives Labor Law Claim for Worker Allegedly Hit by Falling Object | 01/14/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claim over being struck by a falling object. Case: Gua...Read More | |||
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Conclusory Statements About Misclassification, Negligence Don't Defeat Summary Judgment | 01/13/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A wife's conclusory statements that a trucking firm caused her husband's death from COVID-19, that he was not an independent contractor and that the trial court used the wrong test for employee status were not sufficient to defeat summary judgment dismissing a wrongful death cla...Read More | |||
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Losses Climb for Public Self-Insureds; Claim Count Drops | 01/13/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers' Compensation Institute said that for the third year in a row, the number and frequency of claims reported by public sector self-insured employers fell, while paid and incurred losses increased. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Doesn't Bar Widow's Gross Negligence Claims for Husband's Murder | 01/13/2026 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that exclusivity did not bar the widow of a state prison guard murdered by two inmates in a 2021 escape attempt from asserting gross negligence claims against his co-employees. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Police Officer Gets SEBs Based on Normal Wages Plus Extra-Duty Assignments | 01/13/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured police officer was entitled to supplemental earnings benefits based on his full-time income and the extra-duty assignments coordinated by the department. ...Read More | |||
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MEMIC Group Joins Kids' Chance of America as Scholarship Partner | 01/13/2026 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Kids' Chance of America announced a scholarship partnership with Maine-based workers' compensation carrier MEMIC Group. Kids' Chance ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Require Employers to Maintain Health Insurance Payments for Injured Workers | 01/13/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Employers in Washington state would be required to continue paying health insurance premiums for injured workers, under bills introduced in the Senate and House of Representatives. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Address First Responder Benefits | 01/13/2026 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Arizona lawmakers introduced bills for first responders to create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder arose from employment, and to eliminate a provision that terminates survivors' benefits upon remarriage. ...Read More | |||
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Jury Verdict for Worker's Retaliation Claim Overturned Due to Improper Venue | 01/13/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court overturned a jury’s verdict for a worker on his retaliation claim, finding that the trial was not held in a proper venue. ...Read More | |||
