Workers' Compensation News
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Court Reverses Denial of Authorization for Surgery | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a denial of authorization for a worker’s shoulder surgery, finding the Board of Review failed to weigh the relevance, credibility, materiality or reliability of the evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Fee Award | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned an award of fees to an injured worker, finding the Workers’ Compensation Board did not adequately explain its reduction from the requested sum of $27,454.80 to $7,000. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Revives Labor Law Claim for Worker Allegedly Hit by Falling Object | 01/14/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claim over being struck by a falling object. Case: Gua...Read More | |||
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Conclusory Statements About Misclassification, Negligence Don't Defeat Summary Judgment | 01/13/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A wife's conclusory statements that a trucking firm caused her husband's death from COVID-19, that he was not an independent contractor and that the trial court used the wrong test for employee status were not sufficient to defeat summary judgment dismissing a wrongful death cla...Read More | |||
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Carrier Not Entitled to Punitive Damages Over Underreported Payroll | 01/12/2026 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Appellate Court of Maryland affirmed a circuit ruling holding that Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Co. failed to prove it was entitled to punitive damages from an employer that underreported payroll. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reverses Penalty Award, Finds No Evidence That Claim Closure Was 'Unreasonable' | 01/12/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals said there was no evidence to support a finding that a carrier's interpretation of a doctor's ambiguous statement about an injured worker's condition was unreasonable. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Doesn't Err in Modifying Impairment Rating | 01/12/2026 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals held that the commissioner did not apply prohibited expertise by modifying an expert's impairment rating to conform with case law and rating guidelines. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim for Knee Injury | 01/09/2026 | |
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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: Underwo...Read More | |||
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Court: Worker Should Have Been Granted Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 01/09/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim and that one defendant should have had some of the claims against it dismissed as well. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Award Closing Claim Without Permanent Impairment | 01/08/2026 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that an administrative law judge's award closing a claim with no permanent impairment was supported by reasonable evidence. ...Read More | |||
