A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim and that one defendant should have had some of the claims against it dismissed as well.
Case: Llerena v. 975 Park Avenue Corp., No. 27073/20, 12/11/2025, published.
Facts: Jonathan Llerena was performing exterior… Read more »
The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker’s injuries from a motorcycle accident while he was on a personal errand were not compensable.
Case: Appeal of Messina, No. 2024-0712, 01/06/2026, unpublished.
Facts: Michael Messina worked for Baroody & Greenwood LLC as a… Read more »
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for a knee injury.
Case: Underwood v. ACNR Resources Inc., No. 25-ICA-219, 12/04/2025, published.
Facts: Aaron Underwood worked for ACNR Resources Inc. He filed a workers’ compensation claim, alleging that he twisted his right knee at work on July 31, 2024, when he was going… Read more »
Florida employers could lose their business license if they shift the costs of treating undocumented workers' occupational injuries to workers' compensation carriers or public health programs such as Medicare or Medicaid, under bills introduced this week.
HB 1307 and its identical companion measure, SB 1380, would hold employers… Read more »
The Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission announced that maximum benefits for injuries, illnesses and deaths increased 4.2% to match an increase in the state's average weekly wage.
The state's average weekly wage increased to $1,128.66 from $1,083.46.
Temporary total disability, permanent total disability and death benefits are all capped at the state's average wage… Read more »
The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation repealed rules that have expired or that it says are no longer valid.
The division repealed a rule that required the Industrial Accident Board to publish quarterly reports, saying the board no longer exists and the authority for the required report was repealed in 1989.
Rules concerning informal and voluntary networks and medical disputes… Read more »Jan 15, 2026
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