Workers' Compensation News
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Security Company Owner Sentenced in $3.4M Comp Fraud Case | 05/21/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Six years of underreporting payroll and dodging insurance premiums resulted in criminal penalties for a San Jose security company owner. The...Read More | |||
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Sole Proprietor's Request Constitutes 'Election of Coverage' | 05/20/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court ruled that a sole proprietor’s election of coverage was sufficient to cover him under the policy issued to his business and that his petition to determine compensation after he was attacked by an employee should have been granted. ...Read More | |||
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Stone Manufacturer Fined $120,000 for Silica Exposure | 05/19/2025 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said a stone product manufacturer in Georgia will pay $120,000 in penalties for exposing workers to respirable crystalline silica. ...Read More | |||
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Sean O'Day Named Acting Director of DCBS; TK Keen Named Acting Insurance Commissioner | 05/16/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Thursday named Sean O’Day the acting director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. ...Read More | |||
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State Has Immunity From Suit by Contractor's Injured Employee | 05/15/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld a determination that the state was the statutory employer of a contractor’s employee who was injured while supervising inmates working at a call center at a prison complex. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Employer Should Have Gotten Extension to File Postjudgment Motions | 05/13/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a nonsubscribing employer should have been granted an extension of time to file its postjudgment motions for relief from a jury’s $7.1 million verdict in favor of an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Confirms Reappointment of Commissioners | 05/13/2025 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Senate confirmed the reappointment of three members of the Workers’ Compensation Commission. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Denies VSSR Award to Widow for Worker's Death by Asphyxiation | 05/09/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| A divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a widow was not entitled to an enhanced award of benefits for her husband’s death from inhaling nitrogen-saturated air. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Remands Coal Miner's Case for New Psychiatric Evaluation | 05/08/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that an injured coal miner’s case should be remanded to the Board of Review so that he can submit a new evaluation obtained from a qualified psychiatrist. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits to Worker Injured While Rendering Aid to Motorist | 05/07/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to benefits for injuries he received while rendering aid to a motorist after witnessing an accident. ...Read More | |||
