Workers' Compensation News
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Coal Miner Gets Award for Knee Injury | 02/27/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a coal miner was entitled to benefits for a knee injury. Case...Read More | |||
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Court Vacates Award to Coal Lab Employee | 02/26/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals vacated an award of benefits to a coal lab employee, finding that the Board of Review failed to provide sufficient analysis of the evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award for Worker's Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 02/25/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award for a worker’s carpal tunnel syndrome, finding he developed the condition after suffering a crush injury to his hand. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Establishment of Occupational Disease Claim | 02/24/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the establishment of a worker’s occupational disease claim for her elbows. Case: Matter o...Read More | |||
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Court Dismisses Claim by Worker Who Was Retrieving Personal Belongings | 02/23/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a Labor Law action by an individual who fell from a pallet rack while retrieving personal belongings from a warehouse leased by his brother-in-law’s company. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Employer Didn't Rebut Heart-Lung Presumption | 02/20/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A judge of compensation claims erred in finding that an employer rebutted a presumptive claim because the Citrus County Sheriff's Office and Florida Sheriff's Risk Management Fund failed to carry their burden of establishing that the causes of a sergeant's heart condition were exclusi...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Property Owner's 'Integral-to-the-Work' Defense | 02/20/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court rejected a property owner’s “integral-to-the-work” defense to a worker’s Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Vacates 0% PPD Award Due to Insufficient Analysis by Board | 02/19/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals vacated an award of 0% permanent partial disability to a longtime mine worker, finding the Board of Review failed to adequately consider and analyze the evidence in the claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Hearing Loss Award From Worker's Previous Employer | 02/18/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a worker’s hearing loss from the employer prior to his current one. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI: Nonfatal Work Injuries, Illnesses Returned to Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2024 | 02/17/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers' Compensation Institute reported that the number of nonfatal work injuries and illnesses returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2024. ...Read More | |||
