Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Says Carrier Didn't Waive Venue Objection After Unsuccessful Removal of Case | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that an insurance carrier did not waive its objection to the venue where it tried to have a case removed. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Rate Cuts Getting Smaller, but Decreases Expected to Continue | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance said it doesn't anticipate an immediate end to the trend of annual reductions in loss costs and rates, even if the extent of the cuts has decreased in recent years. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Worker's Deliberate Intention Claim Against Supervisor Who Hit Him With Truck | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals reinstated a worker’s deliberate intention claim against his supervisor, who allegedly struck him with a moving truck. ...Read More | |||
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Insured's Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Bars Counterclaim in Premium Dispute | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that an insured’s failure to exhaust its administrative remedies prohibited it from asserting a counterclaim for unjust enrichment in a dispute over unpaid premiums. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Tripped on Makeshift Ramp Gets Summary Judgment | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from tripping on the edge of a makeshift ramp. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Comp Judge Can Rule on Law She Sponsored in Assembly | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed an appellate decision allowing a...Read More | |||
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Employer of Injured Worker Accused of Not Carrying Comp | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice on Thursday announced that a business owner was arrested and charged with failing to provide workers' compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Extend Presumptions to Hospital Security Guards | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Hospital security guards in Illinois would be covered by presumptions for blood-borne pathogens, heart and lung diseases, and other conditions, under legislation introduced ahead of the 2026 session. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposing Heart Disease Definition Returns | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida lawmaker has resurrected a proposal to define the conditions covered by the law that presumes heart disease is compensable for first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Affirms Worker's Award of PPD, Alternate Medical Care | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a worker’s award of permanent partial disability benefits and alternate medical care. Case: ...Read More | |||
