Workers' Compensation News
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Company to Pay $125,194 for Exposing Workers to Pesticides | 11/12/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Northern California company was ordered to pay almost $1,300 for each of the 93 laborers a supervisor ordered to work in a lettuce field freshly sprayed with pesticides, the Monterey County District Attorney's Office announced. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Bars Staffing Company Employee From Suing Employer's Client | 11/12/2025 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a staffing company employee could not proceed with a civil suit against his borrowing employer and its employee. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Appellate Court Denies Employer's Challenge to Black Lung Award | 11/12/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court denied an employer’s petition for review of black lung benefits awarded to a longtime coal miner. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding of Compensable Neck Injury | 11/12/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker’s neck injury was compensable. Case: E.G. Middleton Inc...Read More | |||
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Worker Applies for Jobs but Doesn't Demonstrate Attachment to Labor Market | 11/12/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who applied for a host of jobs for which he was not qualified failed to demonstrate an attachment to the labor market. ...Read More | |||
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ICT: Comp Market Stable, Faces New Legislative and Compliance Shifts | 11/12/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Employers, workers and insurers in the Lone Star state continue to benefit from reforms enacted two decades ago, the Insurance Council of Texas said in a new report. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Revives Comp Carrier's Subrogation Claim Against Worker's UIM Recovery | 11/11/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Supreme Court revived a subrogation claim by a workers’ compensation carrier against the payments an injured worker received from her employer’s underinsured motorist carrier. ...Read More | |||
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SORM Names Sara Hays Executive Director | 11/11/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas State Office of Risk Management announced that Sara Hays was appointed executive director. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers to Review Agreed-Upon Bill | 11/11/2025 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Wisconsin lawmakers are scheduled to hear testimony today on an agreed-upon workers' compensation bill that includes a provision to increase benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Elderly Security Guard Accused of Faking Injury | 11/11/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice announced that a 72-year-old security guard was arrested for allegedly stealing about $1,000 in benefits by faking an injury. ...Read More | |||
