Workers' Compensation News
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Split Court Upholds Dismissal of Corrections Officer's Claims | 01/20/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Ohio appellate court upheld the dismissal of an injured corrections officer’s claims against her employer, finding her claims had to be arbitrated pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement that governed her employment. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment on Worker's Slip-and-Fall Claim | 01/20/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for a worker who slipped and fell in a dimly lit room. Case:...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Exempt 'Gig' Nurses From Comp | 01/20/2026 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A bill in Georgia would exempt what can best be described as "gig economy" nurses from the definition of "employee" for workers' compensation purposes. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Company's Former Owner Entitled to Comp Dividend Checks | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Ohio appellate court ruled that a company that sold its assets to a new owner was entitled to receive the workers’ compensation policy dividend checks paid to the successor under the terms of the asset sale agreement. ...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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Bill Would Detail How to Count Losses for Experience Rating Deductible Policies | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Nebraska lawmaker on Wednesday introduced legislation that would specify how losses are counted for experience rating purposes on deductible workers' compensation policies. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow Nondependent Family Members to Collect Unpaid Benefits | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Missouri lawmaker introduced a bill that would allow certain nondependent family members to collect benefits that had accrued but not been paid before a worker died from causes unrelated to his or her claim. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Dismissal of Claims for Indemnification, Contribution | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the claims for indemnification and contribution against it. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reverses Denial of Authorization for Surgery | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a denial of authorization for a worker’s shoulder surgery, finding the Board of Review failed to weigh the relevance, credibility, materiality or reliability of the evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Fee Award | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned an award of fees to an injured worker, finding the Workers’ Compensation Board did not adequately explain its reduction from the requested sum of $27,454.80 to $7,000. ...Read More | |||
