Workers' Compensation News
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Four Indicted in Alleged Off-the-Books Payroll Scheme | 05/08/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal grand jurors last week indicted four Florida residents who allegedly ran an illegal payroll system to avoid taxes and to shortchange workers' compensation insurers. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Firefighter With Stress Injury Claim | 05/08/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the denial of benefits for a firefighter’s stress injury claim. Case: Lawless v. Ind...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Suit for Worker's Death in Parking Lot Accident | 05/08/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld the summary dismissal of a civil suit by the estate of a worker who was struck by a co-worker’s car and killed in the parking area of their workplace. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Partial Summary Judgment on Worker's Claim | 05/08/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should have been granted partial summary judgment on a worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Remands Coal Miner's Case for New Psychiatric Evaluation | 05/08/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that an injured coal miner’s case should be remanded to the Board of Review so that he can submit a new evaluation obtained from a qualified psychiatrist. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Adding Information Release Authorization to Forms | 05/08/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a bill to require that claim application forms include an authorization for the release of information to the state Uninsured Employers’ Fund and the Subsequent Injury Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Sends MLFS Update, Cost-of-Living Bills to Suspense File | 05/07/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate Appropriations Committee sent to its suspense file bills addressing regular updates to permanent partial disability benefits and the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule. ...Read More | |||
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Oxnard Judge William M. Carero Dies | 05/07/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| William M. Carero, a workers’ compensation administrative law judge in Oxnard, died April 24 at the age of 69. ...Read More | |||
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Court Clarifies Ability of ALJs to Correct Mistaken Findings in Interlocutory Orders | 05/07/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that an administrative law judge could correct a mistake in his prior factual findings after being presented with new evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Fees, Coverage Threshold Increasing | 05/07/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced that the threshold used to determine when employment is casual is increasing on July 1, as is the maximum attorney fee that can be awarded without extraordinary circumstances. ...Read More | |||
