Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Worker Gets Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Grinder Mishap | 05/15/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to only partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from using a grinder that lacked a safety guard. ...Read More | |||
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Court Finds Worker Didn't Lie About Consuming Alcohol Before Motor Vehicle Accident | 05/15/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker did not commit fraud during his testimony related to when he last consumed alcohol before he was involved in a motor vehicle accident. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Liable for Worker's Occupational Disease, Plus Penalty | 05/14/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination of compensability for a longtime mason’s occupational disease from repetitive trauma, as well as the assessment of a penalty against his employer’s insurance carrier. ...Read More | |||
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Court Issues 3rd Decision Denying Sing Sing Employee's Motion to Preclude IME Report | 05/14/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a third case filed by employees of the same correctional facility, a New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board did not err in denying a worker’s request to preclude the report of an independent medical examiner. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Says Wrong Mine Operator Designated as Liable for Black Lung Benefits | 05/14/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that an administrative law judge and the Benefits Review Board designated the wrong mine operator as liable for a West Virginia miner’s black lung benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Finding of Compensability for Worker's Asthma | 05/14/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a finding that a worker sustained the occupational disease of asthma in the course of and resulting from employment in the mining industry. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Pass Firefighter Presumption, Electronic Service Bills | 05/14/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Colorado lawmakers voted to send the governor measures that would modify the cancer presumption for firefighters and allow electronic service of documents. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Workers' Compensation Remains Healthy | 05/13/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance reported on Tuesday that the workers' compensation system remains healthy, with private carriers notching their 12th consecutive year of underwriting profitability in 2025. ...Read More | |||
