Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Liable for Worker's Medical Bills, but Sanctions Not Warranted | 03/10/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was liable for a worker’s medical bills for treatment it had refused to cover but that it should not have been sanctioned for its conduct. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Not Bound by Stipulation as Responsible Operator for Black Lung Claim | 02/28/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that an employer was not bound by a stipulation it made to be the responsible operator for a claim for black lung benefits in a subsequent claim by the same worker. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Bars Widow's Suit for Fatal Shooting | 02/20/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that workers’ compensation exclusivity barred a widow’s suit for the fatal shooting of her husband by a recently terminated co-employee. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Gets Reimbursement for Wages Paid to Worker During Disability | 02/18/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that an employer was entitled to reimbursement for the wages it paid an injured worker during her period of disability. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Doesn't Violate FEHA When Worker Never Requests Accommodation | 02/06/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court ruled that an employer did not violate the Fair Employment and Housing Act by failing to engage in the interactive process or provide a reasonable accommodation when a worker never explicitly requested such an accommodation. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Refusal to Reduce Lien Doesn't Constitute Bad Faith | 01/17/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an employer’s refusal to negotiate the amount of its subrogation lien does not constitute deliberate bad faith conduct that could result in the modification, reduction or waiver of its lien. ...Read More | |||
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Election of Remedies Defeats Worker's Civil Suit Over Finger Amputation | 01/14/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s civil suit against his employer for the traumatic amputation of his finger in a conveyor belt accident. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
