Latest Work Comp News

A federal appellate court ruled that a worker needs to prove only that he worked for 125 days in coal mines during a calendar year to have a “year” of…

A Texas appellate court affirmed a decision denying a family's bid for workers' compensation death benefits, ruling that it could not find error in a lower […]

A group of 20 state officials submitted a comment urging the U.S. Department of Labor to withdraw its proposal to relax standards for independent contractor […]

A New York appellate court ruled that a third-party defendant in a Labor Law action was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the indemnification and […]

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a denial of additional treatment and the closure of a worker's claim. Case: Dziatkowicz v. Hancock […]

An Ohio appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment that found a worker was entitled to benefits for her injury from an unexplained fall. Case: Vega […]

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed bills that aim to make it easier for specified first responders to receive workers' compensation benefits for heart disease and […]

The California Division of Workers' Compensation issued administrative penalties totaling a little more than $1 million following 36 random and four targeted […]

A New York appellate court vacated a grant of summary judgment for the defendant on a Labor Law claim and granted summary judgment for the worker. Case: […]

A federal appellate court denied review of a coal mine operator’s challenge to a worker’s award of black lung benefits. Case: Wolf Run Mining Co. v. OWCP, […]