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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

OSHA Fines Contractor $1.2 Million

  • State: Connecticut
  • Topic: NORTH
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The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a Connecticut contractor more than $1.2 million for allegedly failing to protect workers from cave-in and excavation

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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Court Upholds Partial Summary Dismissal of Worker's Labor Law Claim

  • State: New York
  • Topic: NORTH
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A New York appellate court upheld the partial summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims.

Case: Mitchell v. City of New York, No. 2022-04622,

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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Tower MSA: Set-Aside Recommendations Decline, Amounts Hold Steady

  • National
  • Topic: NATIONAL
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Data from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services show the average workers' compensation Medicare set-aside amount has held steady, even as the number

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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

State to Consider Expanding PTSD Presumption to Jail Employees

  • State: Washington
  • Topic: WEST
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Washington lawmakers could consider a bill that would broaden workers' compensation coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder among employees at local correctional facilities, extending presumptive benefits

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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

County Solely Liable for Off-Duty Officer's Injuries on Traffic Assignment

  • State: North Carolina
  • Topic: Top
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A divided North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that an off-duty officer was not jointly employed by the county and the construction company that contracted with

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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Court: Firefighter's Claim Shouldn't Have Been Closed Before MMI

  • State: West Virginia
  • Topic: SOUTH
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that an injured firefighter’s claim for benefits should not have been closed before he had fully recovered from the

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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Court Says Worker Injured in Trench Collapse Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment

  • State: New York
  • Topic: NORTH
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A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a

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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Fraud Conviction Leads to $132,023 Restitution Order

  • State: California
  • Topic: WEST
  • - Popular with: Legal
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A California man convicted of workers' compensation fraud was ordered to pay $132,023 in restitution, the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office announced.

Gustavo Cisneros was

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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Exclusivity Bars Worker's Civil Claims for Injuries From Attack by Customer

  • State: Georgia
  • Topic: SOUTH
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The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that exclusivity barred the entirety of a worker’s civil claims against her employer for her injuries from being attacked

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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Ex-Corrections Worker Agrees to Pay $40,000 in Restitution

  • State: New York
  • Topic: NORTH
  • - Popular with: Employer
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A former corrections worker agreed to plead guilty to one count of workers' compensation fraud and to pay $40,000 in restitution, New York State Inspector

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