Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Had No Duty to Protect Worker From Icy Sidewalk | 03/09/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appeals court affirmed summary judgment for a senior living facility in a nurse’s slip-and-fall case, finding the employer had no duty to protect her from naturally accumulated ice and did not assume such a duty by attempting to clear the sidewalks. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Voluntary Dismissal of Wrongful Discharge Claim Doesn't Trigger Expense-Shifting | 03/09/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a worker’s voluntary dismissal of a retaliatory discharge claim, though taken to avoid adverse pretrial rulings, did not trigger expense-shifting. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Benefits for Widow of Worker Who Died From COVID-19 | 03/09/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to the widow of a truck driver who died of COVID-19. Case: Matter of Hogan v....Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Denial of TTD, Expansion of Truck Driver's Claim | 03/09/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of temporary total disability benefits to a truck driver, as well as a determination that his compensable injury was limited to a low-back sprain. ...Read More | |||
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Board Can't Revisit Interlocutory Finding on Worker's Need for Surgery | 03/09/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court overturned a decision of the Court of Appeals directing an administrative law judge to revisit a determination that a worker’s surgery was not compensable. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Federal Law Bars Cannabis as Treatment Under LHWCA | 03/06/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Cannabis can't qualify as reasonable and necessary medical treatment under the Longshore Harbor and Workers' Compensation Act because it remains a Schedule I drug under federal law, the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Overturns Board Decision as Lacking Evidentiary Support, Adequate Reasoning | 03/06/2026 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court overturned an administrative finding that an injured forklift driver was not a displaced worker. Case:...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets 20% SLU for Bilateral Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 03/06/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a 20% schedule loss of use award for a worker’s bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. Case: ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Worker's Award for Noise-Induced Hearing Loss | 03/06/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits for a worker with noise-induced hearing loss. Case: ACNR Resources Inc. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Civil Immunity Can Extend to Manufacturers | 03/06/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a manufacturer that contracts for the delivery and transportation of raw materials qualifies as a contractor entitled to “up-the-ladder” immunity from tort liability under the workers’ compensation law. ...Read More | |||
