Workers' Compensation News
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Court Tosses Privacy Complaint Over Cookies on Carrier's Website | 08/20/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal judge dismissed with prejudice a proposed class action complaint alleging that a workers' compensation carrier's website collected data in violation of California's online privacy laws. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Finding of Compensability for Worker's Psychological Conditions | 08/20/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a finding of compensability for a first responder’s psychological conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Combined Claims Conference Accepting Session Proposals | 08/20/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Combined Claims Conference program committee is accepting proposals for sessions for its 2027 conference in May. The conference will ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Dismissal of Wrongful Death Case Against Nursing Facility | 08/18/2026 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New Jersey appeals court agreed that a skilled nursing facility was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the wrongful death case brought by the estate of a worker who died from COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Summary Judgment Properly Denied for Worker's Labor Law Claim | 08/18/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Increase in Worker's PPD Award | 08/18/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an increase in a worker’s permanent partial disability award for injuries to his pelvis. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Increase in Worker's Occupational Pneumoconiosis Award | 08/17/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an increase in a mine worker’s occupational pneumoconiosis award. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court: Summary Judgment Appropriate on Prison Worker's Use of Force Claim for Training Injury | 08/13/2026 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appeals court ruled that a prison worker in Michigan was not seized under the Fourth Amendment and could not proceed with her excessive force claim against colleagues for injuries sustained during a hostage-training exercise. ...Read More | |||
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Claims Administrator Can Recover Overpayment of TTD Benefits | 08/12/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that a claims administrator could recover an overpayment of benefits to a worker. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Gets Dollar-for-Dollar Credit for Overpayment of Wages in Lieu of Benefits | 08/12/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a dollar-for-dollar credit to a carrier for wages paid in lieu of benefits that resulted in an overpayment to an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
