Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Fails to Allege Viable Claims Under Jones Act, State Law | 12/10/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of claims by a worker who said he was injured while working aboard a navigable vessel. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Remains Disabled, Needs Additional Surgery | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nebraska Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker remained temporarily totally disabled and needed additional shoulder surgery. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Doesn't Need Carrier's Consent to Settle Third-Party Claim | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a widow was not required to obtain the consent of an insurance carrier before settling her claim against third-party tortfeasors, but she was not entitled to receive an equitable apportionment of her costs and expenses from the Workers’ Compensation Boa...Read More | |||
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Worker's Unreasonable Conduct Delaying Case Results in Dismissal of Claim | 12/08/2025 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claim based on her unreasonable conduct delaying the adjudication of her case. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Unreasonable Refusal of Treatment Dooms Disability Retirement Bid | 12/05/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Southern California deputy’s request for service-connected disability retirement for on-the-job back injuries was denied after he repeatedly refused recommended medical treatments. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Actuarial, Governing Committees Meet Next Week | 12/05/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Actuarial Committee for the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California is meeting on Tuesday, and the Governing Committee is meeting Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Job Search Demonstrates Attachment to Labor Market | 12/05/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that a worker engaged in a diligent and persistent job search within his restrictions to maintain an attachment to the labor market. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Prior Attorney Can Get Award of Counsel Fees | 12/04/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that there is no statutory prohibition on a prior attorney being granted counsel fees. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Workers' Compensation Board Errs by Excluding Doctor's Report From Evidence | 12/03/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Board erred in excluding a doctor’s report from evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Makes Sufficiently Reasonable Job Search to Qualify as 'Displaced' | 12/03/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court upheld a determination that a worker made a sufficiently reasonable effort to locate suitable employment within her restrictions to qualify as “displaced.” ...Read More | |||
