Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Carrier's Fine for Failure to Pay Death Benefits | 05/15/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a $2,000 fine against an insurance company for its failure to timely pay death benefits to a worker’s dependents. ...Read More | |||
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Court Finds Worker Didn't Lie About Consuming Alcohol Before Motor Vehicle Accident | 05/15/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker did not commit fraud during his testimony related to when he last consumed alcohol before he was involved in a motor vehicle accident. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Liable for Worker's Occupational Disease, Plus Penalty | 05/14/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination of compensability for a longtime mason’s occupational disease from repetitive trauma, as well as the assessment of a penalty against his employer’s insurance carrier. ...Read More | |||
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Court Issues 3rd Decision Denying Sing Sing Employee's Motion to Preclude IME Report | 05/14/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a third case filed by employees of the same correctional facility, a New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board did not err in denying a worker’s request to preclude the report of an independent medical examiner. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker's Intentional Tort Claim | 05/13/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s civil suit against his employer and a co-employee. ...Read More | |||
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CDI to Hold Hearing on Rate Filing June 9 | 05/12/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance will hold a virtual hearing June 9 on a proposal to raise the advisory pure premium rate by 10.4%. I...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of PPD for Worker's Knee Injury | 05/12/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a denial of permanent partial disability benefits for a worker with a knee injury. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
