Assessment Rate to Decrease by 6%
The workers’ compensation assessment rate will decrease by 6% in 2024 saving New York employers more than $50 million, according to a statement from the Workers’ Compensation Board.
The board on…
Premises Line Rule Brings Worker’s Accident Within Ambit of Comp System
A California appellate court ruled that a state university employee could not pursue a civil suit against her employer for injuries from falling from her bicycle as she was headed…
Sovereign Immunity Doesn’t Protect Self-Insurance Fund From Administrative Penalties
A Texas appellate court ruled that a self-insurance fund’s governmental immunity was waived under the Workers’ Compensation Act for administrative penalties imposed by the Department of Insurance.
Case: Texas Political Subdivisions…
Carrier Can’t Intervene in Worker’s Action Against Insured
A Texas appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier was not entitled to an order allowing it to intervene in an injured worker’s lawsuit to assert a workers’ compensation exclusivity…
Supreme Court Denies Increase in Worker’s Award for Occupational Pneumoconiosis
The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award for occupational pneumoconiosis.
Case: Rexroad v. West Virginia Office of…
Supreme Court Upholds Decision to Overturn Denial of Claim Based on ‘Technicality’
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a decision overturning the denial of a worker’s claim for occupational pneumoconiosis from his coal dust exposure.
Case: Lee Sartin Trucking Co. v. Workman, No.