Workers' Compensation News
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Employer's Procedural Error Voids Favorable Summary Judgment | 01/03/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that an employer’s failure to provide notice of a proposed judgment to the Division of Workers’ Compensation rendered the judgment void. ...Read More | |||
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Employee of Uninsured Employer Can't Proceed With Claim Against Auto Insurer | 01/03/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured worker’s suit against an automobile insurance carrier for coverage of his economic losses because his employer was uninsured, and he could not apply for workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Electrician Injured by Falling Beam Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 12/18/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an electrician should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from being struck by a falling beam. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Liable for Award Despite Worker's Later Exposure to Coal Dust at Different Job | 12/09/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was entitled to benefits for his occupational pneumoconiosis from the employer that was not the last to expose him to coal dust. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Fined $730,369 in Drowning Case | 12/06/2024 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed $730,369 in penalties for violating commercial diving standards that resulted in the drowning of an 18-year-old worker. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Doesn't Bar Worker's Claims for False Light, Defamation Against Employer | 12/02/2024 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii ruled that workers’ compensation exclusivity did not bar an employee from bringing defamation and false light claims against his employer and that the dismissal of a negligence claim should have been without prejudice. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Seeking Refund Gets Writ Relief | 12/02/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that an employer participating in a group retrospective rating program was entitled to a writ of mandate. Case...Read More | |||
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Employer's Review Application Meets Minimum Requirements for Appeal | 11/27/2024 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that an employer’s application for review of an administrative law judge’s decision was “not perfect,” but it was good enough to put the worker and Second Injury Fund on notice of the contested issues. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Should Have Been Granted Continuance After Doctor's Unexpected Change in Opinion | 11/08/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that an employer should have been granted a continuance after its medical expert expressed an unforeseen change in opinion shortly before the scheduled hearing on a worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
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Expansion of Worker's Claim to Include Depression Didn't Increase His Loss of Earning Capacity | 10/31/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that an injured worker was not entitled to an increase in his loss of wage-earning capacity after his claim was expanded to include his depression diagnosis. ...Read More | |||
