Workers' Compensation News
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Employers Anticipate Comprehensive Reforms in 2027 | 07/09/2026 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| ANAHEIM, Calif. — Employers are gearing up for negotiations over permanent disability benefits and broader reforms next year, the chief lobbyist for the California Coalition on Workers' Compensation said Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Part of Worker's Labor Law Claim Dismissed; 3rd-Party Defendants Get Partial Judgment, Too | 07/09/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that part of a worker’s Labor Law action should have been dismissed on summary judgment, and that the third-party defendants were both entitled to partial summary judgment on the claims against them as well. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Expansion of Worker's Claim for Excavator Injuries | 07/09/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the expansion of a worker’s claim to include additional injuries from being struck by an excavator. ...Read More | |||
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Healthcare Worker Gets PTD Award for Back Injury | 07/09/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits for a healthcare worker’s back injury. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Justices Say District Courts Can Vacate Compensation Court Orders | 07/09/2026 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that a district court has equitable jurisdiction to vacate an order of the compensation court. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court Says ICAO Can't Extend 60-Day Time Frame for Issuing Orders | 07/09/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that once the Industrial Claim Appeals Office receives the certified record in a workers’ compensation benefits appeal, it cannot extend the 60-day time frame for issuing an order. ...Read More | |||
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Farm Animals Law Applies to Death of Ranch Hand | 07/08/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In a case of first impression, a Texas appellate court ruled that the Liability Arising From Farm Animals Act applied to a worker’s fatal accident, even though his death was not caused directly by the actions of a farm animal. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Asserts Viable Discrimination Claim for Denial of Vaccine Exemption | 07/08/2026 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a healthcare worker raised a viable claim of disability discrimination against her employer for denying her request for a medical exemption from receiving a COVID-19 vaccine because of a condition caused by a work-related injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Ladder Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 07/08/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Worker Additional TTD, Expansion of Claim, but Allows More Treatment | 07/08/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits or to expand the scope of her claim, but she should not have been denied a cold compression therapy unit and shoulder wrap for her compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
