Workers' Compensation News
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Court Overturns Finding That Former Pro Football Player Didn't Prove Degree of Impairment | 12/19/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court overturned a finding that a worker failed to establish his degree of impairment where he presented an impairment rating provided by a physical therapist that was adopted by his treating physician. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Widow's Claim for Benefits | 12/18/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned the denial of a widow’s claim for benefits, finding the Board of Review had failed to properly analyze the Occupational Pneumoconiosis Board’s conclusion that occupational pneumoconiosis had not contributed to a worke...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Calculation of Nurse's Wages, Penalty Against Employer | 12/17/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld both the a calculation of a traveling nurse’s wages and the assessment of a penalty against her employer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Partial Summary Dismissal of Worker's Labor Law Claim | 12/17/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the partial summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims. Case: Mitchell v. City of New...Read More | |||
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County Solely Liable for Off-Duty Officer's Injuries on Traffic Assignment | 12/16/2025 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that an off-duty officer was not jointly employed by the county and the construction company that contracted with the sheriff’s department to secure officers for traffic control services. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Firefighter's Claim Shouldn't Have Been Closed Before MMI | 12/16/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that an injured firefighter’s claim for benefits should not have been closed before he had fully recovered from the conditions that were newly added to his case. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Worker Injured in Trench Collapse Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment | 12/16/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a trench collapse. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Worker's Deliberate Intention Claim Against Supervisor Who Hit Him With Truck | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals reinstated a worker’s deliberate intention claim against his supervisor, who allegedly struck him with a moving truck. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Decision Expanding Worker's Claim, Authorizing More Treatment | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a Board of Review decision that expanded a worker’s claim and authorized additional treatment, holding that it failed to address a doctor's report finding the treatment unnecessary. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Closure of Worker's Claim for Injuries From Being Punched by Patient | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the closure of a worker’s claim for injuries from being punched in the jaw. Case: Zawa...Read More | |||
