Workers' Compensation News
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Court Overturns Finding That Carrier Didn't Have to Pay CMS Lien | 09/15/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a decision by the Board of Review that found an insurance carrier did not have to pay a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services lien. ...Read More | |||
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Coal Mine Worker Fails to Prove Compensable Eye Injury | 09/12/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a coal mine worker’s claim for an eye injury. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding That Worker Recovered From Repetitive Trauma Injuries | 09/12/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a worker had suffered compensable repetitive trauma injuries from which he had fully recovered. ...Read More | |||
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CMS Hosting Set-Aside Reporting Webinar | 09/12/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will review the workers' compensation set-aside reporting process during an Oct. 1 webinar. T...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Attorney's Claim of Entitlement to Additional Fees | 09/11/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected an attorney’s assertion that he was entitled to additional fees for successfully defeating an employer’s intoxication defense to a worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Police Officer's Incapacity Exclusively Caused by Duty-Related Injury | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a police officer’s incapacitation was the exclusive result of her duty-related injury. Ca...Read More | |||
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Comp Statutes Preclude Daubert Challenges to EMA Opinions | 09/05/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a case of first impression, a Florida appellate court ruled that the statutory governing procedures for workers’ compensation mediation and hearings preclude a Daubert challenge to expert medical adviser opinions. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Increase in Worker's PPD Award for Back Injury | 09/05/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an increase in a worker’s permanent partial disability award for a back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Cap on Reimbursement for Medical Claims Increasing to $2,600 | 09/05/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon employers can reimburse carriers for up to $2,600 in medical costs on accepted, nondisabling claims next year, the Division of Workers' Compensation announced. ...Read More | |||
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Claims Administrator Unreasonably Denies Reinstatement of Worker's TTD | 09/04/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that a claims administrator unreasonably denied reinstatement of a worker’s temporary total disability benefits for failure to attend a medical evaluation. ...Read More | |||
