Workers' Compensation News
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Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Worker's Challenge to Denial of Petition for Alternate Care | 12/31/2025 | |
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| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s failure to petition for judicial review meant a district court lacked jurisdiction to hear her challenges to a denial of alternate medical care. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Worker's Labor Law Claims Against Owner of Single-Family Dwelling | 12/31/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a worker’s Labor Law claims against the owner of a single-family dwelling. Case: Sanchez v...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award for Nurse's Ankle Injury | 12/30/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a nurse who injured her ankle as she hurried to a rapid response call across an uneven floor. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Refinery Owner Entitled to Mandamus Relief Dismissing Worker's Claims for Injury | 12/29/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a refinery owner should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claims over injuries from exposure to toxic fumes. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Labor Law Ruling | 12/26/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim for a fall from a ladder. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Retaliation Claim | 12/24/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s claim of retaliation, finding that his employer had a legitimate reason for terminating him after he allegedly was injured on the job. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Dismissal of LHWCA Claim | 12/23/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a longshoreman’s claims for his injuries from a fall from a ladder leading to a ship’s cargo hold. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Medical Clinic's Comp Coverage Obligation | 12/22/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a medical clinic was subject to the workers’ compensation law because it regularly employed more than five people and that an employee was entitled to benefits for her injuries from assisting a falling patient. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Finding That Former Pro Football Player Didn't Prove Degree of Impairment | 12/19/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court overturned a finding that a worker failed to establish his degree of impairment where he presented an impairment rating provided by a physical therapist that was adopted by his treating physician. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Widow's Claim for Benefits | 12/18/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned the denial of a widow’s claim for benefits, finding the Board of Review had failed to properly analyze the Occupational Pneumoconiosis Board’s conclusion that occupational pneumoconiosis had not contributed to a worke...Read More | |||
