Workers' Compensation News
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Lawmakers Pass Bill to Raise Payroll Limits for Ag Workers | 05/07/2025 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oklahoma lawmakers unanimously passed a bill that would increase the gross annual payroll limit for agricultural, ranching and horticultural workers to be covered by workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment on Worker's Labor Law Claim for Fall From Roof | 05/07/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim based on his fall from a roof. ...Read More | |||
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Contractor's Employee Can't Maintain Civil Suit for Electric Shock Injuries | 05/07/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s civil suit against the company that had hired his employer to perform electrical repairs. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits to Worker Injured While Rendering Aid to Motorist | 05/07/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to benefits for injuries he received while rendering aid to a motorist after witnessing an accident. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Premium Audit, Fee Schedule Bills | 05/07/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Louisiana House of Representatives passed bills that would require medical fee schedules to be based on rates charged in neighboring states and would allow carriers to collect past-due premiums after payroll audits. ...Read More | |||
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Appropriations Committee Hears Comp Bills May 12 | 05/06/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate Appropriations Committee will review the fiscal implications of bills addressing subrogation rights, uninsured employers and premium fraud May 12. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Grant of Worker's Petition for Mandamus Relief | 05/06/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Supreme Court denied an insurance carrier’s challenge to a district court order granting an injured worker’s petition for a writ of mandamus. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Claim for Worker Injured While Using Bucket as Step | 05/06/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a worker’s Labor Law claim for injuries that happened while trying to prevent himself from falling from the inverted bucket he was using to work at an elevation. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Finds Worker Not Entitled to Increase in PPD Award | 05/06/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Rejects Employer's Challenge to PTD Award for Longshoreman | 05/06/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court denied an employer’s challenge to an award of permanent total disability benefits to an injured longshoreman. ...Read More | |||
