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The Delaware Supreme Court revived a subrogation claim by a workers’ compensation carrier against the payments an injured worker received from her employer’s underinsured motorist carrier.
Edna Manz worked for Apis Services Inc. She suffered injuries in a motor vehicle accident and filed a workers’ compensation claim.
At the time of the accident, Apis used ProAssurance Group as its workers’ compensation carrier.
ProAssurance paid… Read more »
Pa. - Collateral Estoppel Bars Police Officer From Challenging Subrogation of Third-Party Settlement
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that collateral estoppel barred an injured police officer from challenging her employer’s subrogation of her third-party settlement.
Case: Tiano v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB), No. 664 C.D. 2023, 11/03/2025, unpublished.
Facts and procedural history: Barbara Tiano worked as a police officer for the City… Read more »
A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for a Labor Law defendant on a worker’s claim for a fall from a ladder.
Case: Restrepo v. Bushwick Realty Holdings LLC, No. 2022-06582, 10/29/2025, published.
Facts: William Restrepo worked for Capital Concrete NY Inc. He allegedly suffered injuries in a fall from an A-frame ladder while working on… Read more »News: NORTH
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for occupational pneumoconiosis.
Case: Hypes v. Quanta Services, No. 25-ICA-159, 10/24/2025, published.
Facts: Steve Hypes filed a workers’ compensation claim in April 2022, alleging that he had 25 years of occupational… Read more »
The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice announced that a 72-year-old security guard was arrested for allegedly stealing about $1,000 in benefits by faking an injury.
The Division of Criminal Justice said David Stevenson claimed he was injured in June while working as a security officer for Securitas Inc. at the Boehringer Ingelheim research and development building in… Read more »
Wisconsin lawmakers are scheduled to hear testimony today on an agreed-upon workers' compensation bill that includes a provision to increase benefits.
The Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development will meet in executive session at 11 a.m. to vote on the bill, which is currently designated LRB-5036.
Meanwhile, the Assembly… Read more »
The Texas State Office of Risk Management announced that Sara Hays was appointed executive director.
Hays most recently was deputy director of operations with the Office of Injured Employee Counsel, a state agency providing injured workers with help on their claims. Before that, she was a chief of staff for two state representatives and budget and policy adviser for Gov. Greg… Read more »On Nov. 7, 2025, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, in Carter-Shepherd v. Royal Furniture Co. and State of Alabama, affirmed a Jefferson County Circuit Court’s decision rejecting constitutional challenges to two provisions of the Alabama Workers’… Read more »
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