Workers' Compensation News
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Defendant's Failure to Challenge Every Basis for Denial Results in Affirmance | 06/16/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a municipal defendant’s failure to challenge every possible basis for the denial of its motion for summary judgment required affirmance of the denial. ...Read More | |||
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Court Orders State Fund to Reopen Worker's Claim for Medical Benefits | 06/16/2026 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court granted summary judgment for a worker, ordering the State Fund to reopen her medical benefits and adjust her claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Hearing Loss Claim | 06/16/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s hearing loss claim. Case: Matter of Kowalski v. A Quest Corp., No. CV-2...Read More | |||
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Court Says Board Abused Discretion in Denying Worker's Application for Review | 06/16/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court said the Workers’ Compensation Board abused its discretion in denying a worker’s request for review due to deficiencies in her application. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Proves Need for Diagnostic Hearing Tests | 06/16/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to diagnostic hearing tests. Case: Matter of Clement v. Co...Read More | |||
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Electrician May Expand Claim to Include Depression, but Not Anxiety | 06/16/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that an electrician was entitled to expand his claim to include his major depressive disorder, but not his generalized anxiety disorder. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Employers Can Be Liable for Negligence to Workers' Future Offspring | 06/15/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals said an employer may be liable for negligence toward workers' not-yet-conceived offspring. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Municipal Worker Fails to Prove Claim for Psychiatric Treatment | 06/15/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court upheld the denial of a municipal worker’s request for psychiatric treatment. Edward Koren worked for the City of ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Entitled to Summary Judgment | 06/15/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claims against it, as well as the cross-claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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PEO's Insurance Carrier Liable for Worker's Benefits | 06/15/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a decision by the Workers' Compensation Board finding that the insurance carrier from which a professional employer organization had purchased coverage was liable for a worker’s benefits. ...Read More | |||
