Workers' Compensation News
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CHSWC Posts 2025 Annual Report | 07/27/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Estimated paid costs in California increased 13.5% in 2024, according to the 2025 annual report that the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation released last week. ...Read More | |||
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Court Grants Reconsideration of Decision Eliminating Worker's Impairment Award | 07/27/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals granted reconsideration of its decision that had overturned a ruling by the Workers’ Compensation Board eliminating a worker’s impairment award, and it adhered to its conclusion that reversal of the board was required. ...Read More | |||
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Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Widow's Challenge to Denial of Enhanced Survivor Benefits | 07/23/2026 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled that it lacked jurisdiction over a widow’s challenge to the denial of her request for an enhanced survivor benefit after the death of her husband, a police officer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Properly Excludes Labor Law Defendant's Evidence | 07/21/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the exclusion of evidence presented by a Labor Law defendant and a grant of summary judgment for the injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Temp Elections Worker Wasn't State Employee | 07/21/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a temporary elections worker was not a state employee and that the parish registrar of voters was liable for her benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Worker on Labor Law Claim | 07/20/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for a worker struck by a falling object. Case: Rolka v. Neelam C...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim Due to Her Lack of Credibility | 07/20/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for benefits from a fall based on her lack of credibility and an expert medical opinion that she had not suffered a work-related injury. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Validly Cancels Company's Policy Before Worker's Injury | 07/17/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier validly cancelled an employer’s policy for failing to comply with a payroll audit before its employee was injured. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding That Longtime Coal Miner Didn't Have Occupational Pneumoconiosis | 07/17/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a longtime coal worker did not have occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Commission Warns of Ongoing Fraud Scheme | 07/16/2026 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission on Wednesday posted a warning about an elaborate scam using phony court proceedings to steal personal information from workers. ...Read More | |||
