Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Escalator Mishap | 06/12/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for an escalator accident. Ca...Read More | |||
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WCRI: New Hires Account for Largest Share of Claims | 06/11/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Short-tenure workers with fewer than two years of experience continue to account for the largest share of workers’ compensation claims in New Jersey, according to the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Injured Jumping Into Trench Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 06/11/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from jumping into a trench. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Scaffold Fall Claim | 06/10/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim based on his fall from a scaffold. Ca...Read More | |||
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Worker Can Pursue Tort Claim Undisclosed in Bankruptcy Proceedings | 06/09/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker was not judicially estopped from pursuing his personal injury claim against a third-party tortfeasor even though he failed to disclose it in his previous bankruptcy proceedings. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Brick Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 06/06/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from being struck by a falling brick. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Permanent Total Disability From Psychological Conditions | 06/05/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s application for permanent total disability benefits based on his accepted psychological conditions. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Webinar to Cover Heat-Related Illnesses | 06/04/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute is hosting a free, 30-minute webinar June 26 covering research into the relationship between high temperatures and heat-related illnesses in the workplace. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Fence Panels Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 06/04/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a denial of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries from being struck by falling fence panels. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Ladder Entitled to Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 06/03/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker injured in a fall from a ladder. Case: ...Read More | |||
