Workers' Compensation News
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Federal Court Upholds Black Lung Award for Coal Miner | 09/01/2026 | |
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| A federal appellate court upheld a black lung benefits award, finding a coal miner's employment caused legal pneumoconiosis that substantially contributed to his being totally disabled. ...Read More | |||
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Court Dismisses Worker's Challenge to Calculation of Benefit Rate as Moot | 09/01/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s challenge to the calculation of his temporary income benefit rate as moot. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Penalty on Claims Administrator for Failing to Timely Act on IME Report | 09/01/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a $1,500 penalty against a claims administrator for failing to act on an independent medical examiner’s report within 30 days. ...Read More | |||
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Law Firm Denied Summary Dismissal of Worker's Malpractice Claim | 09/01/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled declined to dismiss a malpractice suit alleging a law firm mishandled a workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Proposes 2027 Research Agenda | 09/01/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The Division of Workers' Compensation will update studies on employer participation and access to care in 2027, according to a notice posted in the Texas Register. ...Read More | |||
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Rand: Stable Access, Decreasing Provider Participation a 'Puzzle' | 08/31/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Rand said in a new report that contradictory findings about provider participation trends and access to care in California's workers' compensation system "pose somewhat of a puzzle." ...Read More | |||
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Court: Decision Authorizing Arthroscopy Not Clearly Wrong | 08/31/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia affirmed a Workers' Compensation Board of Review decision authorizing an arthroscopy of a firefighter's left wrist because it was not clearly wrong. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB: Worker Fails to Prove Mental Injury Arising From Routine Meeting | 08/31/2026 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tennessee Workers' Compensation Appeals Board affirmed a decision finding that a worker failed to prove that her alleged mental health injuries were primarily caused by an event leading to what a reasonable person would consider a sudden or unusual mental stimulus. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Brickmaker $496,528 Over Silica Hazards | 08/31/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a brickmaker in Pennsylvania nearly half a million dollars for allegedly knowingly exposing its workers to unsafe levels of respirable silica dust. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Approves $1 Billion Dividend | 08/31/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, in announcing its latest dividend Friday, said it has returned more money to employers since 2019 than it collected in premiums. ...Read More | |||
