Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Gets Summary Dismissal of Wrongful Death Suit | 07/17/2025 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was entitled to summary judgment dismissing an intentional tort claim against it over an employee’s fatal shooting of a co-worker. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Misrepresentations Excuse Delay in Submission of Worker's Claim | 07/17/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker’s claim was timely because the delay in its submission was caused by her employer's misrepresentations. ...Read More | |||
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Court Publishes Knee Injury Claim Decision | 07/17/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ordered publication of its decision upholding benefits to a worker for the aggravation of his preexisting knee condition. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Judgment for Worker, Revives Third-Party Claim | 07/17/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for a fall from a ladder and revived the defendant’s third-party breach of contract claim. ...Read More | |||
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QME Exam Scheduled for October | 07/16/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation announced that it is accepting applications for the next qualified medical evaluator examination, being held Oct. 4-10. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds Grant of Duty Disability Pension for State Trooper | 07/16/2025 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A divided Rhode Island Supreme Court upheld a determination that a state trooper was entitled to a duty disability pension. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Add Multiple Conditions to Claim, but Court Remands for Reconsideration of One | 07/16/2025 | |
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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 attempt to add multiple conditions to his claim but ruled that the Board of Review had to reconsider the compensability of his thoracic disc displacement. ...Read More | |||
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DOL Reduces Penalties for Safety Violations | 07/16/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor announced rules allowing a 15% reduction in penalties for employers that immediately address or correct a workplace safety violation. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Employer's Termination of Benefits | 07/16/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that an employer was entitled to terminate its payment of benefits to a worker and that he was not entitled to an award of fees and costs. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Ladder Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 07/16/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder. Case:...Read More | |||
