Workers' Compensation News
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House Passes Firefighter Cancer Bills | 02/27/2026 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona House of Representatives on Thursday passed bills that would restrict when insurers covering firefighters can file a uniform rate deviation and direct the state to establish a registry to collect data on cancer trends among state firefighters. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Death Benefits Bill | 02/27/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bill allowing those entitled to death benefits to receive payments through direct deposit. ...Read More | |||
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Defense Firm Disqualified From Representing PEO | 02/27/2026 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld a judge’s order disqualifying a defense firm from representing a professional employer organization in a workers’ compensation coverage dispute due to its brief prior representation of the employer. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claims Appropriate for Worker Struck by Falling Objects | 02/27/2026 | |
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| 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 for his injuries from being struck by falling objects, and it granted summary judgment dismissing the defendants’ third-party claims. ...Read More | |||
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Coal Miner Gets Award for Knee Injury | 02/27/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a coal miner was entitled to benefits for a knee injury. Case...Read More | |||
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Defendants in Injured Worker's Tort Suit Can Designate Employer as Responsible 3rd Party | 02/27/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that the defendants in an injured worker’s negligence action should have been allowed to designate his employer as a responsible third party. ...Read More | |||
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District Court Judge Can't Enjoin ALJ's Subpoena in Contested Case | 02/26/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a district court judge could not enjoin an administrative law judge’s issuance of a discovery subpoena in a co...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Affirms Take-Nothing Judgment in Nightclub Employee Slip-and-Fall | 02/26/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court affirmed a trial court's take-nothing judgment in favor of a non-subscribing employer that was sued for negligence and premises liability. ...Read More | |||
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Family of Worker Killed in Refinery Accident Must Arbitrate Gross Negligence Claims | 02/26/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that the family of a worker killed in a refinery accident had to arbitrate their gross negligence claims, pursuant to an agreement the worker signed when he was hired. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Claim for Fall From Ladder After Electric Shock | 02/26/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from falling off a ladder after suffering an electric shock. ...Read More | |||
