Workers' Compensation News
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Split Court Says Company's Former Owner Entitled to Comp Dividend Checks | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A divided Ohio appellate court ruled that a company that sold its assets to a new owner was entitled to receive the workers’ compensation policy dividend checks paid to the successor under the terms of the asset sale agreement. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Considers Latest Edition of AMA Guides | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Workers' Compensation Division is holding a virtual hearing Feb. 18 to discuss adoption of the latest edition of the American Medical Association's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Detail How to Count Losses for Experience Rating Deductible Policies | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| A Nebraska lawmaker on Wednesday introduced legislation that would specify how losses are counted for experience rating purposes on deductible workers' compensation policies. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow Nondependent Family Members to Collect Unpaid Benefits | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Missouri lawmaker introduced a bill that would allow certain nondependent family members to collect benefits that had accrued but not been paid before a worker died from causes unrelated to his or her claim. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Dismissal of Claims for Indemnification, Contribution | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the claims for indemnification and contribution against it. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reverses Denial of Authorization for Surgery | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a denial of authorization for a worker’s shoulder surgery, finding the Board of Review failed to weigh the relevance, credibility, materiality or reliability of the evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Fee Award | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned an award of fees to an injured worker, finding the Workers’ Compensation Board did not adequately explain its reduction from the requested sum of $27,454.80 to $7,000. ...Read More | |||
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6th DCA: No Equitable Tolling Without Record Showing Attempt to Meet Deadline | 01/15/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California's 6th District Court of Appeal on Wednesday said the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board acted outside its jurisdiction by granting an injured worker's petition for reconsideration nearly two years after it was filed. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Scaffold | 01/15/2026 | |
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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 injuries from a fall from a scaffold. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Former Attorney Not Entitled to Additional Fees | 01/15/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a worker’s former attorney had been adequately compensated for his services and that the worker was entitled to replace him. ...Read More | |||
