Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Denial of Additional Treatment, Overturns Closure of Claim | 08/18/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of authorization for additional treatment for an injured worker but overturned the closure of his claim for temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Distribution of Attorney Fees in Civil Suit Over Worker's Fatal Accident | 08/15/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the distribution of contingency fees between two law firms that represented the family of a worker who was killed while inflating a defective tire. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Authorization for Knee Surgery | 08/15/2025 | |
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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 knee replacement surgery, finding that the Board of Review had not conducted an adequate analysis of the issue. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds 0% PPD Award for Worker's Occupational Pneumoconiosis Claim | 08/14/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of 0% permanent partial disability for a worker’s occupational pneumoconiosis claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Revives Labor Law Claim by Worker Struck by Falling Object | 08/13/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court revived parts of a worker’s Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from being struck by a falling object. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Partial Dismissal of Worker's Labor Law Claim | 08/12/2025 | |
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| A New York appellate court upheld the partial dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims for his alleged injuries from a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Mother's Civil Suit for Murder of Daughter by Co-Worker | 08/12/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court revived a mother’s negligence suit over the murder of her daughter by a co-worker. Case: Sanchez v. K&...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Self-Insurance Trust's Claims Against Excess Insurance Carrier | 08/11/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a group self-insurance trust’s claims against its excess insurance carrier were properly dismissed and that it was not entitled to amend its complaint against other defendants. ...Read More | |||
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Court Finds Employer's Conduct Harmed Worker but Didn't Amount to Bad Faith, Lack of Diligence | 08/08/2025 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an injured worker was not permanently and totally disabled and that his employer had not acted in bad faith or without due diligence in contesting his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Termination of Police Officer's Heart-Lung Act Benefits | 08/07/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the termination of an injured police officer’s Heart and Lung Act benefits. Case...Read More | |||
