Workers' Compensation News
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Court: Employers Can't Limit Maintenance Medical in Final Admissions of Liability | 03/16/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that employers cannot limit maintenance medical benefits to specific treatments in a final admission of liability. ...Read More | |||
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No Penalty Award for Premature Closing of Worker's Claim | 03/16/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to a penalty for the premature closure of his claim for an ankle injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Fee Award for Unreasonable Omission of Back Injury in Claim | 03/16/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of attorney fees to a worker, finding that an administrator’s failure to include a back strain as a compensable component of the claim was unreasonable. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Summary Dismissal of Worker's Claims | 03/16/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendant in a Labor Law action was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the claims by a worker allegedly struck by a cart while attempting to lift it overhead. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker's False Statements Don't Warrant Forfeiture of Future Benefits | 03/16/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that an injured worker knowingly made false statements about his work activities after retiring, but his conduct was not so egregious as to warrant the forfeiture of future wage replacement benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Defendant's Motion to Designate Responsible Party Should've Been Granted | 03/13/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a trial judge should have granted the motion of a defendant in a civil suit for leave to designate the plaintiff’s employer a responsible party. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Comp Bills | 03/13/2026 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Hawaii House of Representatives passed a handful of workers' compensation bills addressing vocational rehabilitation, treatment plans and prescription drugs. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Nix Advisory Council, Reimbursement Caps on Imaging | 03/13/2026 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Bills that would eliminate the Advisory Council on Workers' Compensation and a cap on reimbursement rates for certain imaging services are moving through the Oklahoma Legislature. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Bill to Move DWC to Governor's Office | 03/13/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Senate unanimously passed a bill that would link the Department of Workers' Claims directly to the governor's office. T...Read More | |||
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General Assembly Passes First Responder PTSD Bill | 03/13/2026 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Virginia lawmakers gave final approval to a bill modifying provisions that allow coverage of certain mental health conditions suffered by firefighters and law enforcement officers. ...Read More | |||
