Workers' Compensation News
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Widower Can Pursue Claim Despite Wife's Failure to Link Cancer to Workplace | 06/20/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a widower was entitled to pursue a claim for benefits based on a theory that his wife’s cancer was caused by her workplace exposure to toxins, even though she never established the link. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Vetoes PTSD Coverage for First Responders | 06/20/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte vetoed a bill that would have allowed workers' compensation coverage for first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney General Approves $7.4 Billion Opioid Settlement | 06/18/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Monday that 55 state and territorial attorneys general have agreed to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma LP and its owners, the Sackler family, to resolve litigation over the creation of the national opioid crisis....Read More | |||
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High Court: Worker Not Required to File Comp Claim Before Suing Employer | 06/18/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Supreme Court said the Division of Workers' Compensation does not have exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether an injury was work-related in a dispute arising outside of the context of compensability and when the relief requested by the injured worker does not depend on entitlem...Read More | |||
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Hawaii Unseats New Jersey as Most Expensive State in DCBS Study | 06/18/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Hawaii completed a 10-year march to become the most expensive jurisdiction for workers' compensation coverage in the semi-annual interstate rate comparison published by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. ...Read More | |||
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Chesapeake Policyholders Reelect Two Board Members | 06/18/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Co. announced that policyholders reelected Jason Schupp and John J. Scott Jr. to continue serving on the carrier's board of directors. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Doesn't Owe Coverage for Injured Carpenter's Claim | 06/18/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier did not owe coverage for an injured carpenter’s claim. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Pizzeria Worker Gets Benefits for Burn Injuries Despite Workplace Intoxication | 06/18/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a pizzeria worker for his burn injuries despite his intoxication at the time of the accident. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Additional PPD for Worker's Back Injury | 06/18/2025 | |
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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 any additional permanent partial disability for a back injury from a slip-and-fall accident. ...Read More | |||
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Court Differentiates Horseplay From Assault, Denies Benefits to Worker Struck by Golf Cart | 06/18/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to benefits for his injuries from being struck by a co-worker driving a golf cart, since he was the victim of assault and battery, not a practical joke gone wrong. ...Read More | |||
