Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Authorization for Occipital Nerve Stimulator | 05/11/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the authorization for an occipital nerve stimulator to treat a worker’s head injury. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI: Inpatient Hospitalization Rates Level Off; Spinal Surgeries Continue to Drop | 05/08/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Inpatient hospitalization rates stabilized in 2024 after nearly a decade of steady declines, while spinal surgeries resumed a long-term downward trend after a brief interruption during the pandemic, the California Workers' Compensation Institute said in a report published Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Petition for Benefits as Timely Filed | 05/08/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida appellate court reinstated a worker’s petition for benefits, finding it was timely filed within one year of his last receipt of authorized medical treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Coal Mine Worker Establishes Compensability of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 05/08/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a coal mine worker’s bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Award for Worker's Occupational Hearing Loss | 05/07/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of a 3.48% permanent partial disability for a worker’s hearing loss. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Judgment for Worker Who Fell Into Trench | 05/07/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall into a trench. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Can't Be Compelled to Disclose Underwriting File to Worker | 05/06/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s motion to compel a carrier to disclose its underwriting file was properly denied. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding of Compensability for Worker's Muscle Strain | 05/06/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Injured worker | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to benefits for a muscle strain. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Not Required to Cover Medical Marijuana for Victim of Violent Robbery | 05/05/2026 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court upheld the denial of authorization for the victim of a violent robbery to use medical marijuana to treat her psychiatric conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Worker Struck by Falling Debris Should Have Received Summary Judgment | 05/05/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned the denial of summary judgment on a Labor Law claim by a worker struck by falling debris at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
