Workers' Compensation News
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Split Supreme Court Upholds VSSR Award for Worker's Conveyor Belt Accident | 04/02/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Ohio Supreme Court upheld a worker's enhanced award for injuries from a conveyor belt accident due to his employer's violation of a specific safety requirement. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Take-Nothing Judgment on Injured Longshoreman's Negligence Claim | 04/02/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld a take-nothing judgment on an injured longshoreman’s negligence claims. Case: Norman v. Kahn Schee...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claims, Defendant Gets Conditional Indemnification | 04/02/2026 | |
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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 partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claims and that the defendant should have been awarded conditional contractual indemnification from a third party. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Upholds Dismissal of Injured Longshoreman's Claims | 04/02/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld summary judgment dismissing an injured longshoreman’s claims of vessel negligence against a technical manager. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Updates MTUS Drug List | 04/01/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation posted an order updating the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule drug list. The division ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Financial Need for Lump-Sum Benefits Conversion | 04/01/2026 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court denied a worker’s request to have his permanent total disability benefits converted to a lump sum. ...Read More | |||
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Broker Indicted for Alleged Fraud, Theft | 04/01/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A Colorado grand jury indicted an insurance broker for allegedly diverting more than $100,000 in insurance premiums intended for nine insurance companies, including the state-chartered workers' compensation carrier. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Denies Employer's Petition for Review of Black Lung Benefits | 04/01/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A federal appellate court denied an employer’s petition for review of black lung benefits to a worker with totally disabling legal pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Construction Manager Gets Partial Summary Judgment on Worker's Labor Law Claims | 04/01/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the construction manager for a project was entitled to partial summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s negligence and Labor Law claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court: Worker's Mother Viably Pleaded Intentional Conduct Against Employer | 04/01/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the mother of a worker killed in an underground water vault sufficiently and plausibly pleaded intentional conduct by the employer such that exclusivity did not bar her civil action. ...Read More | |||
