Workers' Compensation News
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Court: L&I Can Recover $147K in Overpayments to Vocational School | 05/01/2026 | |
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| A Washington state appeals court has cleared the way for the Department of Labor and Industries to recover nearly $150,000 in overpayments from a vocatio...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim for Benefits | 05/01/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s challenge to the administrative denial of his claim for benefits. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects COVID-19 Death Benefits Over 'Unreliable' Expert Testimony | 04/30/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court affirmed a decision denying a family's bid for workers' compensation death benefits, ruling that it could not find error in a lower court's decision to exclude an expert's opinion as unreliable. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Third-Party Defendant Doesn't Deserve Summary Judgment | 04/30/2026 | |
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| A New York appellate court ruled that a third-party defendant in a Labor Law action was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the indemnification and contribution claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Additional Treatment, Closure of Worker's Claim | 04/30/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a denial of additional treatment and the closure of a worker's claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Defendant; Worker Gets Summary Judgment Instead | 04/29/2026 | |
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| A New York appellate court vacated a grant of summary judgment for the defendant on a Labor Law claim and granted summary judgment for the worker. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Worker's Entitlement to Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulator | 04/29/2026 | |
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| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a decision of the Board of Review finding that a worker was entitled to a neuromuscular electrical stimulator for her back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Determining Responsibility for Concealed Hazard Not Suited for Summary Judgment | 04/28/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Whether a subcontractor hired to line a pit with concrete was responsible for assessing the safety of the excavation work performed by the hiring party is a question of fact that precludes summary judgment, a California appeals court ruled in an unpublished decision. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Expansion of Worker's Claim, TTD Award | 04/28/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the expansion of a worker’s claim to include additional conditions and an award of temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Airport Firefighter Presumption Bill | 04/27/2026 | |
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| A California Senate committee passed a bill that would eliminate an "outdated" requirement that airport firefighters complete a state-mandated training program to be covered by workers' compensation presumptions. ...Read More | |||
