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The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that exclusivity did not bar the widow of a state prison guard murdered by two inmates in a 2021 escape attempt from asserting gross negligence claims against his co-employees.
However, her failure during the administrative claims process to identify each defendant alleged to be at fault prevented her from proceeding with her claims against those who went unnamed.
On March 23, 2021, two Anamosa State… Read more »
A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured police officer was entitled to supplemental earnings benefits based on his full-time income and the extra-duty assignments coordinated by the department.
Case: Ned v. City of Baton Rouge, No. 2025 CA 0294, 12/19/2025, published.
Facts: Larry Ned worked as a police officer with the Baton Rouge Police Department. He suffered disabling injuries as a result of a motor vehicle accident while operating his squad… Read more »A New York appellate court upheld a partial grant of summary judgment for a… Read more »
A Texas appellate court overturned a jury’s verdict for a worker on his… Read more »
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A wife's conclusory statements that a trucking firm caused her husband's death from COVID-19, that he was not an independent contractor and that the trial court used the wrong test for employee status were not sufficient to defeat summary judgment dismissing a wrongful death claim, a California appeals court held.
Delia Molina sued Hot Wheels… Read more »
The California Workers' Compensation Institute said that for the third year in a row, the number and frequency of claims reported by public sector self-insured employers fell, while paid and incurred losses increased.
Public self-insured employers covered about 2.26 million workers in the fiscal year that ended in 2025, up from 2.18 million the previous year, CWCI said in Bulletin No.… Read more »Arizona lawmakers introduced bills for first responders to create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder arose from employment, and to eliminate a provision that terminates survivors' benefits upon remarriage.
HB 2204, by Rep. Selina Bliss, R-Prescott, would create a presumption that PTSD is an occupational disease if a first responder currently… Read more »
Employers in Washington state would be required to continue paying health insurance premiums for injured workers, under bills introduced in the Senate and House of Representatives.
HB 2372 and its identical companion measure, SB 6067, would require that injured workers receive "100%… Read more »
Kids' Chance of America announced a scholarship partnership with Maine-based workers' compensation carrier MEMIC Group.
Kids' Chance will administer MEMIC's Harvey Picker Horizon Scholarship Program, which provides a $20,000 scholarship to a student whose parent was critically or fatally injured in a work-related… Read more »
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