Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Unwitnessed Fall | 11/04/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on her Labor Law claim for an unwitnessed fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Costco Among Companies Cited for Alleged Misclassification | 11/03/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Labor Commissioner's Office cited Costco Wholesale Corp. and two trucking firms a combined $868,128 for allegedly misclassifying 58 delivery drivers as contractors. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Propose ABC Test, Benefit Increase, Mandatory Mediation and New Penalties | 11/03/2025 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Michigan lawmakers introduced a package of bills proposing to increase workers' compensation benefits, mandate mediation in certain circumstances, modify presumptions, create new penalties and increase those on the books. ...Read More | |||
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Roofer Ordered to Pay $24,200 for Premium Fraud | 11/03/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation announced that the owner of a roofing company was ordered to pay $24,200 following his conviction for falsifying his application for coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Editorial: Injured Workers Have Less Medical Privacy Than Prisoners | 11/03/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A law professor at Emory University said in an opinion article published by The Hill that injured workers typically have less privacy than prisoners when it comes to their medical rec...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Upholds Dismissal of Deputy Sheriff's Disability Discrimination Claim | 11/03/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured deputy sheriff’s claim of disability discrimination. Case...Read More | |||
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TTD Award for Worker Upheld; Fee Award, Date of Disability Overturned | 11/03/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker but overturned the Industrial Accident Board’s finding as to the start date of his disability and his award of attorney fees. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Finding of Untimeliness for Occupational Pneumoconiosis Claim | 11/03/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a finding that a worker’s occupational pneumoconiosis claim was untimely. ...Read More | |||
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Workers Injured in Flash Fire Get Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claims | 11/03/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of partial summary judgment on the Labor Law claims of a group of workers who suffered injuries from a flash fire. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Says SCIF Performance Bonus Dispute Is Subject to Arbitration | 10/31/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court said a dispute about whether State Compensation Insurance Fund violated a collective bargaining agreement by giving different bonuses to similarly situated employees is subject to arbitration. ...Read More | |||
