Workers' Compensation News
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State Issues First Fines for Warehouse Quota Violations | 05/02/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Washington state's workplace safety agency has fined Safeway more than $26,000 for alleged warehouse quota law violations, the first sanctions imposed under a 2024 law. ...Read More | |||
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Texas Mutual Board Approves $330M Dividend | 05/02/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The board of directors for Texas Mutual Insurance Co. approved a $330 million general dividend distribution in 2025. Texas Mutual said dividend chec...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Lost Arm Can't Pursue Claim Against Employer's Insurance Agent | 05/02/2025 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s claims against his employer’s insurance agent for failing to secure coverage that would have compensated him for the accident that resulted in the loss of an arm. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Attorney Gets Fee as Lien Against Reimbursement Owed to Employer | 05/02/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the attorney for an injured correctional officer was entitled to a fee based on the temporary total disability benefits awarded. ...Read More | |||
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Firefighter Gets PTD Award for Post-Retirement Heart Condition | 05/02/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to a firefighter who developed a disabling heart condition after she had retired. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Widow Benefits, Finds Worker's Death Unrelated to Prior Brain Injury | 05/02/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to a worker’s widow, finding she did not prove that his traumatic brain injury from 32 years earlier led to his death. ...Read More | |||
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Committee OKs First Responder Subrogation Bill | 05/01/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate labor policy committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would require certain first responders to receive at least two-thirds of the amount an employer recovers from a third party on a subrogation claim. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Finds Increase in Frequency After States Allow Recreational Cannabis | 05/01/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Claim frequency increased by an average of 7.7% in states after the adoption of recreational cannabis laws, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies MRI, Expansion of Claim for Worker With Inhalation Injury | 05/01/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of authorization for a magnetic resonance imaging scan for a worker who suffered an inhalation injury, as well as the denial of the expansion of his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Parents of Worker Can't Get Dependency Benefits Despite Widow's Request | 05/01/2025 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld the denial of dependency benefits to a worker’s parents despite the expressed wish of his widow that they receive any compensation that was payable for his death. ...Read More | |||
