Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Applies for Jobs but Doesn't Demonstrate Attachment to Labor Market | 11/12/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who applied for a host of jobs for which he was not qualified failed to demonstrate an attachment to the labor market. ...Read More | |||
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ICT: Comp Market Stable, Faces New Legislative and Compliance Shifts | 11/12/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Employers, workers and insurers in the Lone Star state continue to benefit from reforms enacted two decades ago, the Insurance Council of Texas said in a new report. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Revives Comp Carrier's Subrogation Claim Against Worker's UIM Recovery | 11/11/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Supreme Court revived a subrogation claim by a workers’ compensation carrier against the payments an injured worker received from her employer’s underinsured motorist carrier. ...Read More | |||
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SORM Names Sara Hays Executive Director | 11/11/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas State Office of Risk Management announced that Sara Hays was appointed executive director. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers to Review Agreed-Upon Bill | 11/11/2025 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Wisconsin lawmakers are scheduled to hear testimony today on an agreed-upon workers' compensation bill that includes a provision to increase benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Elderly Security Guard Accused of Faking Injury | 11/11/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice announced that a 72-year-old security guard was arrested for allegedly stealing about $1,000 in benefits by faking an injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Labor Law Defendant | 11/11/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for a Labor Law defendant on a worker’s claim for a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Occupational Pneumoconiosis Claim | 11/11/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for occupational pneumoconiosis. Case: ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
