Workers' Compensation News
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Collateral Estoppel Bars Police Officer From Challenging Subrogation of Third-Party Settlement | 11/11/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that collateral estoppel barred an injured police officer from challenging her employer’s subrogation of her third-party settlement. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Verdict for Worker on Retaliation Claim, Sanctions on Employer | 11/10/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict that found an employer retaliated against an injured worker, and it upheld sanctions on the company for attempting to fraudulently obtain a new trial. ...Read More | |||
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New WCA Rules Take Effect | 11/10/2025 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New Mexico's Workers' Compensation Administration announced that new electronic data interchange rules took effect Friday. Stak...Read More | |||
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TDI Issues Data Call | 11/10/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a data call to all insurance companies licensed to write certain property and casualty lines of coverage the state. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Traveling Employee Doctrine Applies in Occupational Disease Claims | 11/10/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Supreme Court ruled that the traveling employee doctrine applies when a worker contracts an occupational disease while traveling for the job. ...Read More | |||
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Res Judicata Bars Police Officer's Claim for COVID-19 Infection | 11/10/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the doctrine of res judicata barred a police officer from pursuing a claim for his COVID-19 infection. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment for Defendants Overturned | 11/10/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for the defendants in a Labor Law action. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Authorization for Referral to Specialist, MRI, Injection | 11/10/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of authorization for a worker’s referral to a shoulder specialist, a magnetic resonance imaging scan and a subacromial injection. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding of Compensability for Worker Attacked by Inmate | 11/10/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a worker’s knee injury from being kicked by an inmate. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Geo Study Webinar Set for Nov. 20 | 11/07/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Registration is still open for the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau's 2025 geo study, which aims to provide fresh perspectives on regional trends shaping workers’ comp in California. ...Read More | |||
