Workers' Compensation News
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Senate Confirms Reappointment of Commissioners | 05/13/2025 | |
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| The South Carolina Senate confirmed the reappointment of three members of the Workers’ Compensation Commission. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Denies VSSR Award to Widow for Worker's Death by Asphyxiation | 05/09/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| A divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a widow was not entitled to an enhanced award of benefits for her husband’s death from inhaling nitrogen-saturated air. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Remands Coal Miner's Case for New Psychiatric Evaluation | 05/08/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that an injured coal miner’s case should be remanded to the Board of Review so that he can submit a new evaluation obtained from a qualified psychiatrist. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits to Worker Injured While Rendering Aid to Motorist | 05/07/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to benefits for injuries he received while rendering aid to a motorist after witnessing an accident. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Grant of Worker's Petition for Mandamus Relief | 05/06/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Supreme Court denied an insurance carrier’s challenge to a district court order granting an injured worker’s petition for a writ of mandamus. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Finds Worker Not Entitled to Increase in PPD Award | 05/06/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Back Injury Claim | 05/05/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for an alleged back injury due to his lack of credibility. Case:...Read More | |||
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State Issues First Fines for Warehouse Quota Violations | 05/02/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Washington state's workplace safety agency has fined Safeway more than $26,000 for alleged warehouse quota law violations, the first sanctions imposed under a 2024 law. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Widow Benefits, Finds Worker's Death Unrelated to Prior Brain Injury | 05/02/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to a worker’s widow, finding she did not prove that his traumatic brain injury from 32 years earlier led to his death. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies MRI, Expansion of Claim for Worker With Inhalation Injury | 05/01/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of authorization for a magnetic resonance imaging scan for a worker who suffered an inhalation injury, as well as the denial of the expansion of his claim. ...Read More | |||
