Workers' Compensation News
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CHSWC Meets Dec. 11 | 12/03/2025 | |
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| Members of the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation are meeting Dec. 11 in Los Angeles. Commissioners w...Read More | |||
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Court Returns PTD Application to Commission for Review of Changed Circumstances | 12/02/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court issued a limited writ returning a worker’s application for permanent total disability benefits to the Industrial Commission to make findings as to whether he presented evidence of new and changed circumstances. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Labor Law Judgment for Worker Who Slipped on Ice | 12/02/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment in favor of a worker's Labor Law claim for his slip and fall on ice at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Court: State's Sovereign Immunity Defeats Retaliation Claim | 12/02/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Missouri appellate court said the state is immune from the law that prohibits retaliating against employees for filing workers' compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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Court Finds Overpayment of Benefits, Fraud by Worker Employed While Collecting TTD | 12/01/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a finding of overpayment and fraud against an injured worker who concealed his employment while collecting temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request for PTD Benefits for Back Injury | 12/01/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for permanent total disability benefits for a back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Judge's Allocation of Worker's Third-Party Recovery Damages | 11/26/2025 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld a judge’s allocation of 84% of a worker’s third-party recovery as damages for his pain and suffering. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Overturns Award for Coal Miner's Injuries | 11/25/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals partially overturned an award for a coal miner’s injuries, finding an administrative law judge erred in accepting impairment ratings for both wrists and both shoulders instead of making findings on an individual impairment rating for each shoulder and hand....Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Judge's Grant of Relief from Default to Worker's Lawsuit | 11/24/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals overturned a trial judge’s grant of relief from a defendant’s default to an injured worker’s civil suit. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Award for Worker's Fatal Drug Overdose | 11/21/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court overturned an award of damages for a worker’s death from an overdose of illegal drugs after he ran out of his prescription pain medications for his work-related injuries. ...Read More | |||
