Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Loses Challenge to Propriety of Surveillance Footage Use | 01/20/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court tossed a worker’s appeal challenging the propriety of an attorney’s use of surveillance footage in defending his employer from his workers’ compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Considers Latest Edition of AMA Guides | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Workers' Compensation Division is holding a virtual hearing Feb. 18 to discuss adoption of the latest edition of the American Medical Association's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Scaffold | 01/15/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a scaffold. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Former Attorney Not Entitled to Additional Fees | 01/15/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a worker’s former attorney had been adequately compensated for his services and that the worker was entitled to replace him. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Forklift Has No PPD From Extensive Injuries | 01/15/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker who fell 15 feet from a forklift had no permanent partial disability from his extensive injuries. ...Read More | |||
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WCA Proposes Changes to Attorney Fee, Case Management Rules | 01/15/2026 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration is proposing rules that would require attorneys to analyze a dozen different issues when seeking fees in excess of the statutory cap. ...Read More | |||
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WCC Restricts Wireless Communication Devices in Courtrooms | 01/14/2026 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission announced a new policy limiting who can bring wireless communication devices into its courtrooms and adjacent areas. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Establishes Compensability of Injury From Fall | 01/14/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker suffered a compensable injury from a fall at work. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Pinned Between Dumpsters Gets Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 01/13/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a partial grant of summary judgment for a worker who was injured when he was pinned between two dumpsters. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB: Deductions for Attorney Fees End When Award Is Satisfied | 01/12/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board held in a significant panel decision that deductions from an applicant's permanent and total disability benefits were limited under the terms of the award to the amount of the approved attorney fees. ...Read More | |||
