Workers' Compensation News
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Governor Signs Bills to Increase Payroll Limits, Eliminate Advisory Council | 05/18/2026 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed bills to increase payroll limits for certain employers and to eliminate a joint labor-management advisory council. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Steroid Injection for Worker's Back | 05/18/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a claims administrator’s denial of an epidural steroid injection for a worker's lumbar spine. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Injured in Chemical Plant Explosion Can't Proceed With Civil Suit | 05/18/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s claim against a chemical plant operator for his injuries from an explosion and fire. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Defendant's Third-Party Claims for Indemnification Properly Dismissed | 05/18/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the third-party defendants in a Labor Law action were entitled to summary judgment dismissing a company's claims against them for indemnification. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Structure | 05/18/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim for his fall at a construction site. C...Read More | |||
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WCS Educational Conference Sept. 17-18 | 05/18/2026 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The 14th Annual Nevada Workers' Compensation Education Conference is being held Sept. 17-18 at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Diabetic Worker's Carpal Tunnel Claim | 05/15/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a diabetic worker’s claim for benefits for his carpal tunnel syndrome. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Carrier's Fine for Failure to Pay Death Benefits | 05/15/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a $2,000 fine against an insurance company for its failure to timely pay death benefits to a worker’s dependents. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Decision Vacating Award of Multiplier | 05/15/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld a decision vacating an administrative law judge’s award of a statutory three-multiplier to a worker for her cumulative trauma injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Becomes Indispensable Party to Appeal if Worker Challenges Fee Award | 05/15/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that if a worker is challenging a fee award to his attorney, the attorney is a necessary party to an appeal of the award, but the failure to name the attorney as a party is not a fatal jurisdictional defect. ...Read More | |||
