Workers' Compensation News
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Neither Party in Labor Law Action Proves Entitlement to Summary Judgment | 06/04/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that neither the plaintiff nor the defendant in a Labor Law claim was entitled to summary judgment. Ca...Read More | |||
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High Court Orders Employer to Pay Specific Loss Benefits to Worker's Estate | 06/03/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed an appellate court and ordered an employer to pay specific loss benefits to the estate of a worker who died before the final adjudication of her claim. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Cites Salvation Army for Worker's Fatal Fall | 06/03/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the Salvation Army after a worker fixing a leaky roof fell to his death last November. ...Read More | |||
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Defendant Gets Partial Summary Dismissal of Worker's Claim for Puncture Injury | 06/03/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should have been granted summary judgment dismissing part of a worker’s claim against it for his injuries from stepping on a nail. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Ladder Entitled to Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 06/03/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker injured in a fall from a ladder. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Penalty Imposition Is Within Agency Director's Authority | 06/03/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that the director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services has jurisdiction to impose certain penalties. ...Read More | |||
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DCBS Director Has Jurisdiction Over Worker's Request for Hearing | 06/03/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Injured worker | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that the director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services has jurisdiction over a worker’s request for a hearing on whether his employer’s claims-servicing agent had improperly requested an independent medical examination. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Bills Heading to Governor | 06/03/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Texas lawmakers voted to send the governor bills that would allow remote contested case hearings, eliminate group self-insurance coverage and govern the use of artificial intelligence in claims handling. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Misconduct Findings Against Fugitive Uwaydah's Frontline Medical | 06/02/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that multiple abuses of the discovery process and a pattern of intentionally false or misleading statements were sufficient for a Los Angeles court to grant case-terminating sanctions and dismiss a lawsuit filed by a company affiliated with fugitive Munir Uwayda...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Comp Bills | 06/02/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate passed bills that would extend how long health insurance must be provided as workers’ compensation death benefits for the children of first responders and allow the Division of Workers’ Compensation to investigate whether an uninsured employer transferred propert...Read More | |||
