Workers' Compensation News
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Split Court Upholds Award of Black Lung Benefits to Widow | 12/10/2025 | |
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| A divided federal appellate court upheld an award of black lung benefits to a miner’s widow. Case: Clinchfield Coal Co...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Allege Viable Claims Under Jones Act, State Law | 12/10/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of claims by a worker who said he was injured while working aboard a navigable vessel. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Expand Claim | 12/10/2025 | |
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| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker's request to expand her claim. Case: Walker v. Goodwill Industri...Read More | |||
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Court: WCAB Has Duty to Flesh Out Witness Statements When Workers Can't Speak | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board had a duty to develop the record and ensure that qualified medical evaluators received witness statements regarding a worker before denying a petition for reconsideration, a California appellate court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Municipalities Brace for Costs of Presumption Changes | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Municipalities are bracing for the costs of a measure lawmakers passed during a special session that explicitly states harmful exposure is not required for presumptive lung disease claims, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Worker Remains Disabled, Needs Additional Surgery | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nebraska Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker remained temporarily totally disabled and needed additional shoulder surgery. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Rejects Mine Operator's Challenge to Black Lung Award for Former Employee | 12/09/2025 | |
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| A federal appellate court rejected a coal mine operator’s petition for review of an award of black lung benefits to a miner who was not diagnosed with pneumoconiosis until years after he left the company. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Expansion, Closure of Worker's Claim | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the closure and denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of his claim. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Widow Doesn't Need Carrier's Consent to Settle Third-Party Claim | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a widow was not required to obtain the consent of an insurance carrier before settling her claim against third-party tortfeasors, but she was not entitled to receive an equitable apportionment of her costs and expenses from the Workers’ Compensation Boa...Read More | |||
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Governor Vetoes Fraud Assessment Commission | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a proposal to create an employer-funded account to pay for workers' compensation fraud investigations and prosecutions, according to the Legislature's website. ...Read More | |||
