Workers' Compensation News
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WCRI Announces Bob Hartwig to Keynote 2026 Conference | 11/13/2025 | |
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| The Workers Compensation Research Institute announced that economist and industry expert Bob Hartwig will deliver the keynote address at its 2026 conference. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Applies for Jobs but Doesn't Demonstrate Attachment to Labor Market | 11/12/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who applied for a host of jobs for which he was not qualified failed to demonstrate an attachment to the labor market. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Geo Study Webinar Set for Nov. 20 | 11/07/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Registration is still open for the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau's 2025 geo study, which aims to provide fresh perspectives on regional trends shaping workers’ comp in California. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets 4% PPD Award for Injuries From Fall | 11/07/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 4% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s injuries from a fall. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets 13% PPD Award for Wrist Injury | 11/06/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 13% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s wrist injury. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Increase in PPD Award for Broken Leg | 11/06/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an increase in a worker’s permanent partial disability award for a broken leg. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Sets Webinar for Advanced Practitioners and Comp Claim Outcomes | 11/05/2025 | |
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| The Workers Compensation Research Institute is hosting a 40-minute webinar Nov. 20 to present findings from its recent report on advanced practitioners and workers’ compensation claim outcomes. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Establish Compensability of Alleged Repetitive Trauma Injury | 11/05/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for a repetitive trauma injury. Case: Brown v. E...Read More | |||
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Worker, Defendant Get Summary Judgment on Labor Law, Indemnification Claims | 11/05/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claims and that the defendants should have been granted summary judgment on their indemnification claim against his employer. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can Expand Description of Injury, Gets Continuation of Benefits | 11/04/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an expansion of a worker's description of her work injury and the continuation of her benefits. ...Read More | |||
