Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Entitled to Alternate Care for Knee, but Not Head Injury | 05/21/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was entitled to alternate care for a knee injury, but not for his head injury. Case: ...Read More | |||
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WCA Schedules Educational Programs | 05/21/2025 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration is holding informational sessions throughout the state on June 10. The series o...Read More | |||
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Worker's Inadequate Briefing Leads to Forfeiture of Issues on Appeal | 05/20/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that an injured worker forfeited any issues on her appeal due to inadequate briefing. Case: Jones ...Read More | |||
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Widow Fails to Link Worker's Death, Dementia to Occupational Hearing Loss | 05/20/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s widow failed to link his dementia and death to his occupational hearing loss. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Lift Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 05/19/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for his fall from a scissor lift. Cas...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Reproductive Toxicity Claim From Solvent Exposure | 05/16/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a worker for her neurological and pulmonary injuries from solvent exposure, and it upheld the denial of benefits for the worker’s reproductive toxicity claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Partial Summary Judgment | 05/16/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a partial grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim but said other portions of the case should have been dismissed. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Projects Highest Combined Ratio in 14 Years | 05/15/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California projected a 2024 accident year combined ratio of 123%, 10 percentage points higher than the year before and the highest ratio in 14 years. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Marijuana Use Didn't Contribute to Fall From Roof | 05/15/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the denial of an injured worker’s claim for benefits because he failed to prove his use of marijuana had not contributed to the accident. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets TTD for Shoulder Injury, but Bid for More Rejected | 05/15/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker for a shoulder injury but rejected his claim of entitlement to more compensation. ...Read More | |||
