Workers' Compensation News
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Court: Worker Entitled to Expand Claim, Receive Additional Treatment | 08/24/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to expand the scope of his claim and to receive additional medical treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reduces Death Benefit Award to Align With Cap on Duration | 08/21/2026 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Court of Appeals of the State of New Mexico ruled that the aggregate 700-week limit on benefits requires reducing the death benefit awarded to the widow of a firefighter who died from a form of cancer. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Worker Did Not Exceed Allowable Selection of Physicians | 08/21/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Illinois appellate court ruled that a worker did not exceed his allowable selection of two physicians to treat his compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Expansion of Worker's Claim to Include Additional Conditions | 08/21/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination expanding a worker’s claim to include additional conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Worker's Negligence Claim for Ladder Accident | 08/21/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a worker’s negligence claim for his injuries from an alleged fall from a defective ladder. Case:...Read More | |||
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Cap on Medical Reimbursement Staying at $2,600 | 08/21/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The cap on the amount that Oregon employers can reimburse carriers for medical costs on accepted, nondisabling claims will stay at $2,600 next year, the Division of Workers' Compensation announced. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Privacy Complaint Over Cookies on Carrier's Website | 08/20/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal judge dismissed with prejudice a proposed class action complaint alleging that a workers' compensation carrier's website collected data in violation of California's online privacy laws. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Finding of Compensability for Worker's Psychological Conditions | 08/20/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a finding of compensability for a first responder’s psychological conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Combined Claims Conference Accepting Session Proposals | 08/20/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Combined Claims Conference program committee is accepting proposals for sessions for its 2027 conference in May. The conference will ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Dismissal of Wrongful Death Case Against Nursing Facility | 08/18/2026 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New Jersey appeals court agreed that a skilled nursing facility was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the wrongful death case brought by the estate of a worker who died from COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
