Workers' Compensation News
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Worker's Challenge to Fee Award Fails | 05/12/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s failure to name his former attorney as a party was fatal to his appeal. Cas...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Scaffold Qualifies as Subcontractor's Employee | 05/12/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a worker who fell from a scaffold was an employee of a subcontractor on a construction project as opposed to an independent contractor or special employee of the general contractor. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Proves Discrete New Injury to Previously Injured Ankle | 05/09/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker had suffered a discrete new injury to his previously injured ankle after twisting it at work. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Allegedly Fell From Ladder Not Entitled to Summary Judgment | 05/05/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for an alleged fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Files Recommendation for 11.2% Rate Increase | 05/02/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau submitted its filing recommending that the California insurance commissioner increase the advisory pure premium rate by 11.2%. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Lost Arm Can't Pursue Claim Against Employer's Insurance Agent | 05/02/2025 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s claims against his employer’s insurance agent for failing to secure coverage that would have compensated him for the accident that resulted in the loss of an arm. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Attorney Gets Fee as Lien Against Reimbursement Owed to Employer | 05/02/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the attorney for an injured correctional officer was entitled to a fee based on the temporary total disability benefits awarded. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Finds Increase in Frequency After States Allow Recreational Cannabis | 05/01/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Claim frequency increased by an average of 7.7% in states after the adoption of recreational cannabis laws, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Allegedly Fell From Ladder Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 05/01/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who allegedly fell from a ladder was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Permission to Amend Complaint; Defendant Not Entitled to Dismissal | 04/30/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a trial justice’s grant of a worker’s request to amend his complaint to change the date of his alleged accident by one day, and it upheld the denial of the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint. ...Read More | |||
