workers' compensation

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The inability to manage this program contributed to workers’ compensation liabilities of over $17 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Keenan argued that workers’ compensation law, which bars employee lawsuits over work-related injuries, also prohibited the child’s claims, because a fetus in an employee’s womb was effectively an employee herself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

For example, in the civilian context, when construction workers fall off scaffolds and can’t walk until receiving surgery and physical therapy, their employers have to provide them workers’ compensation.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

For most California school districts, the money is likely to come from a public entity risk pool, a collective pot that multiple agencies pay into to cover liabilities such as health insurance and workers’ compensation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

Schuman is a Buena Park-based attorney who practices workers’ compensation defense on behalf of insurance companies, prosecutors said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025