Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Denial of School Employee's Claim | 11/09/2026 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a school employee’s claim for benefits arising from two alleged incidents. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI: Meloxicam Emerges as Cost Driver | 11/05/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers' Compensation Institute on Wednesday reported that meloxicam has become the largest source of anti-inflammatory drug spending, with its share of payments jumping from less than 2% in 2020 to 30.8% last year, largely because of a small number of high-cost formulations....Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Jury Verdict Finding Contractor Liable for Injury to Subcontractor's Employee | 11/05/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld a jury’s verdict finding a contractor liable for a catastrophic workplace injury suffered by a subcontractor’s employee struck by a train. ...Read More | |||
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Court Clarifies Relevant Period for Employer to Presume Worker No Longer Needs Care | 11/05/2026 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that the two-year period for an employer to invoke a statutory presumption that an injured worker no longer needs medical care begins to run on the date of the award of future medical benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Summary Judgment for Welder Who Fell From Makeshift Scaffold | 11/05/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who fell off a makeshift scaffold was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Overturns Summary Judgment for Worker on Labor Law Claims | 11/10/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court partially overturned a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claims. Case: Ramo...Read More | |||
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Carrier Waives Defenses to Claim by Failing to Timely Serve Prehearing Statement | 11/10/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a carrier waived its defenses to a worker’s claim by failing to timely serve his attorney with its prehearing statement. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Attorney Fee Award | 11/03/2026 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed a Workers' Compensation Commission decision awarding a fee to an injured worker's attorney, finding that the employer had controverted the compensability of an employee's back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Compensability of Former Pro Football Player's Back Injury | 11/02/2026 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Maryland Court of Appeals upheld a jury’s verdict finding that a former professional football player’s compensable leg injury caused him to develop a back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Suspension of Injured Volunteer Firefighter's Benefits | 11/02/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the suspension of an injured volunteer firefighter’s benefits based on the availability of jobs within his vocational and physical capabilities. ...Read More | |||
