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Employer Gets Summary Dismissal of FELA Claim for Worker's Alleged Exposure to COVID-19 10/08/2025
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld a grant of summary judgment dismissing a Federal Employers’ Liability Act claim for a worker’s death after his alleged on-the-job exposure to COVID-19. ...Read More
 
 

Newsom Orders SIBTF Reform Plan in Veto Message 10/07/2025
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, in vetoing a bill that would have revised eligibility criteria for the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund, ordered the Division of Workers' Compensation to prepare a reform plan for the beleaguered second injury program. ...Read More
 
 

Governor Signs QME Template, Heart Presumption Bills 10/07/2025
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills to revise the medical-legal process and to extend the heart trouble presumption to peace officers for the Department of State Hospitals and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. ...Read More
 
 

Double-Dipping Worker Gets Probation, $122,000 Restitution Order 10/07/2025
State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
A judge in Washington state ordered a man to repay the $122,000 he collected in workers' compensation benefits while working another job. Efrain A...Read More
 
 

High Court Hearing Oral Arguments in Undocumented Worker Benefits Challenge 10/07/2025
State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Michigan Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a constitutional challenge to a law being used to withhold wage-replacement benefits from undocumented workers who suffer compensable injuries. ...Read More
 
 

Court Overturns Calculation of Worker's AWW, Reinstates Award of Penalties, Fees 10/07/2025
State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Illinois Appellate Court overturned the Workers’ Compensation Commission’s calculation of an injured mover’s average weekly wage and reinstated his award of penalties and fees. ...Read More
 
 

Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Worker's Burn Injuries 10/07/2025
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits for a worker’s burn injuries due to her lack of credibility. Case:...Read More
 
 

Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim; Defendants Get Indemnification 10/07/2025
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim and reinstated the defendants’ claim for indemnification. ...Read More
 
 

Split Court Says Self-Insured Parent Not Liable for Black Lung Benefits 10/07/2025
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
A divided federal appellate court ruled that the self-insured parent of a coal mine operator was not liable for black lung benefits on a claim filed years after the mine changed hands and the new owner went bankrupt. ...Read More
 
 

DWC Seeks Comments on Designated Doctor Audit Plan 10/07/2025
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation is accepting comments on its proposed Designated Doctor Plan-Based Audit. "This audit will evaluat...Read More
 
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