Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Occupational Pneumoconiosis Claim | 11/11/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for occupational pneumoconiosis. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Collateral Estoppel Bars Police Officer From Challenging Subrogation of Third-Party Settlement | 11/11/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that collateral estoppel barred an injured police officer from challenging her employer’s subrogation of her third-party settlement. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Verdict for Worker on Retaliation Claim, Sanctions on Employer | 11/10/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict that found an employer retaliated against an injured worker, and it upheld sanctions on the company for attempting to fraudulently obtain a new trial. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Authorization for Referral to Specialist, MRI, Injection | 11/10/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of authorization for a worker’s referral to a shoulder specialist, a magnetic resonance imaging scan and a subacromial injection. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding of Compensability for Worker Attacked by Inmate | 11/10/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a worker’s knee injury from being kicked by an inmate. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award for Volunteer Firefighter's Death From Cancer | 11/07/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of benefits for a volunteer firefighter’s death from esophageal cancer. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Worker Who Fell From Ladder Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment | 11/07/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder. C...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Reconsideration of Dispute on WCAB's Jurisdiction Over Athlete Claims | 11/06/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court has denied rehearing of a dispute about the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's jurisdiction over claims filed by professional athletes. ...Read More | |||
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Courier Company Will Deliver $800,000 in Restitution for Comp Fraud | 11/06/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation said Trinity Couriers Inc. pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation insurance coverage and agreed to pay $800,000 in restitution to Texas Mutual Insurance Co. ...Read More | |||
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Court Clarifies Burden of Proof for Firefighter Cancer Claims | 11/06/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals clarified the burden of proof on a firefighter seeking benefits for his rare form of brain cancer. Case: ...Read More | |||
