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Supreme Court Revives Worker's Maritime Tort Claims for Accident on Man-Made Island 06/10/2025
State: AK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Alaska Supreme Court revived a worker’s maritime tort claims arising from an accident that resulted in the loss of his leg while he was helping to unload cargo on a man-made island. ...Read More
 
 

Supreme Judicial Court Says Worker Did Not Timely File Petition to Restore Benefits 06/06/2025
State: ME | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Maine’s highest court ruled that an administrative law judge properly dismissed a worker’s petition for the restoration of benefits for a 1996 injury as untimely. ...Read More
 
 

Supreme Court Clarifies Assessment of Penalties for Employer's Failure to Pay TTD 06/04/2025
State: HI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that a penalty may be properly imposed where an employer or its carrier fails to make timely temporary total disability benefit payments. ...Read More
 
 

Senate Passes Comp Bills 06/02/2025
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The California Senate passed bills that would extend how long health insurance must be provided as workers’ compensation death benefits for the children of first responders and allow the Division of Workers’ Compensation to investigate whether an uninsured employer transferred propert...Read More
 
 

Senate Passes Contractor Comp Bill 05/30/2025
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The California Senate passed a bill that would require the Contractors State License Board to monitor and report on violations of work comp coverage requirements. ...Read More
 
 

Summary Judgment Overturned on Claim by Worker Who Fell From Ladder 05/30/2025
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court overturned summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from a fall off a ladder. ...Read More
 
 

Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Expand Claim 05/30/2025
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
West Virginia’s Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of his claim. Case: Delsi...Read More
 
 

Senate, Assembly Approve Special Benefits for First Responders 05/29/2025
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
California lawmakers approved a pair of bills that would provide enhanced workers’ compensation benefits to injured first responders. The ...Read More
 
 

Split Court Overturns Determination of Lump-Sum Payment Owed to Worker 05/29/2025
State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Mississippi Court of Appeals overturned a determination of the lump-sum payment of benefits owed to a worker. Case: Mueller I...Read More
 
 

Supreme Court Reinstates Civil Suit Over COVID Deaths of Meat Processing Workers 05/28/2025
State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Iowa Supreme Court partially reinstated a civil action by the estates of four meat processing workers who died from COVID-19, including allegations of gross negligence and fraud against a group of Tyson Foods supervisory employees and executives. ...Read More
 
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