Workers' Compensation News
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Court Overturns Partial Summary Judgment for Worker on Labor Law Claims | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned partial summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claims for his alleged fall on a staircase. Case...Read More | |||
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BWC Announces 1% Rate Cut for Public Employers | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation said its board of directors approved a 1% rate cut for public employers. The reduction is exp...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Who Rejected Job Offer Still Gets TTD | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to temporary total disability benefits despite rejecting an accommodation job offer. ...Read More | |||
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No VSSR Award for Widow of Worker Crushed by Tree Stump | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a widow was not entitled to an enhanced award of benefits for a violation of a specific safety regulation, since she relied on a regulation that was inapplicable to the circumstances of her husband's death. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Award for Noise-Induced Hearing Loss | 08/25/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a worker with noise-induced hearing loss. Case:...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Uninsured Employer, Death Benefit Bills | 08/22/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly Appropriations Committee unanimously passed bills to bolster the ability of the Department of Industrial Relations to recover money from illegally uninsured employers and align death benefits for first responders with changes made by the Affordable Care Act. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Disqualification of Law Firm Representing Firefighter's Widow | 08/22/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court upheld a judge's decision to disqualify a law firm from continuing to represent a firefighter’s widow due to a conflict of interest created by the hiring of a new attorney. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Finds Worker Without Reported Income Can't Get Indemnity Benefits | 08/22/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Florida appellate court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to indemnity benefits because neither he nor his employer had reported any income he received in his two weeks on the job. ...Read More | |||
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Most Recent Injuries Render Meat Cutter Totally Disabled | 08/22/2025 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Idaho Supreme Court ruled that the last in a series of injuries to a longtime meat cutter was permanently and totally disabling and that the Industrial Special Indemnity Fund was not liable for any benefits. ...Read More | |||
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NJCRIB Restoring Service After Suspicious Activity | 08/22/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau announced that it is restoring computer systems that were taken offline earlier in August due to suspicious activity. ...Read More | |||
