Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Denies Worker's Claim for Herniated Nucleus Pulposus | 01/06/2026 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Idaho Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for benefits for a herniated nucleus pulposus. The case was Proulx v. Sa...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker Attacked by iPad-Wielding Patient | 01/06/2026 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court upheld the denial of a home health aide’s claim for benefits for her injuries from being hit by a patient with an iPad. ...Read More | |||
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Health Care Worker Gets 13% PPD Award for Back Injury | 01/06/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a 13% permanent partial impairment for an injured health care worker. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Benefits Without Proof of Reattachment to Labor Market | 01/06/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to reinstatement of his indemnity benefits without evidence that he had reattached to the labor market. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Loses Claims Against Counsel for Widow Who Fraudulently Sought LHWCA Benefits | 01/05/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of an insurance carrier’s claims against an attorney and his firm for representing a widow who fraudulently sought benefits under the Longshore & Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Companies Face More Than $300,000 in Proposed Fines for Excavation Hazards | 01/05/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries said two construction companies face more than $300,000 in combined fines for allegedly exposing a crew of concrete workers to life-threatening cave-ins and excavation hazards and ignoring an order to stop work at the site. ...Read More | |||
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Auto Insurance Provider Owes No Coverage to Insured's Injured Employee | 01/05/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an automobile liability insurance provider had no duty to cover an insured’s employee for his alleged injuries from a motor vehicle accident. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Revies Worker's Labor Law Claim for Trip and Fall | 01/05/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from tripping over asphalt debris at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Closure of Worker's Claim for TTD | 01/05/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the closure of a worker’s claim for temporary total disability benefits after a doctor opined that he had reached maximum medical improvement and was capable of returning to work. ...Read More | |||
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Charged Rates Stabilize, No Hike Following Advisory Rate Increase | 01/02/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The average rate charged for workers' compensation coverage in California stabilized during the first nine months of 2025, with no evidence of an immediate cost increase following the first rate hike in a decade, according to the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. ...Read More | |||
