Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds TTD for Worker Knocked From Ladder by Falling Object | 06/25/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of additional temporary total disability benefits for a worker. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Sends Debit Card Bill to Senate Floor | 06/24/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate Appropriations Committee forwarded to the full chamber a bill that would permanently allow employers to pay indemnity benefits with prepaid debit cards. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Line-of-Duty Compensation to Firefighter's Widow | 06/24/2026 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a firefighter’s widow was not entitled to line-of-duty compensation even though his death was deemed compensable. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Verdict for Worker, but Defendant Entitled to Indemnification | 06/24/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a jury’s verdict and award for a worker on part of his Labor Law claim, and it ruled that one of the defendants should have been granted indemnification from a third-party defendant. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Knee Injury Claim | 06/24/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for a knee injury. Case:...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes SIBTF Reform Bill | 06/23/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A policy committee in the California Senate passed a bill proposing Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund reforms that differ from changes proposed by the governor. ...Read More | |||
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Court: General Contractor Owed No Duty of Care to Subcontractor's Employees | 06/23/2026 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that a general contractor owed no duty of care to a subcontractor’s employees. Case: Marti...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Bad Faith Claims Against Carrier for Denying Defense | 06/23/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court reinstated the bad faith claims against an insurance carrier that had declined to defend an employer from a personal injury action by an alleged independent contractor. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Finding That Linked Worker's Cancer to Benzene Exposure | 06/22/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court overturned a finding that a worker’s industrial exposure to benzene more likely than not caused him to develop lung cancer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim for Foot Injury | 06/22/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for a foot injury. Case: Ers...Read More | |||
