Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds 14% PPD Award for Worker's Trip-and-Fall Injuries | 07/11/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 14% permanent partial disability award for a worker injured in a trip-and-fall accident. ...Read More | |||
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Cal/OSHA Urges Employers to Protect Workers From Wildfire Smoke | 07/10/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California workplace safety regulators remind employers of their obligation to protect workers from exposure to unhealthy air caused by wildfire smoke. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding That Teacher Withdrew From Job Market | 07/10/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a teacher had voluntarily withdrawn from the labor market. Case: Matter of ...Read More | |||
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CWCI: Data Doesn't Support Presumption for Hospital Workers | 07/09/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Injuries that would be presumed compensable for hospital workers under a bill pending in the Assembly occur at similar rates — and are denied at similar rates — as those for the general workforce, according to a new report by the California Workers' Compensation Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Worker's 13% PPD Award | 07/09/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to a 13% permanent partial disability award. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Stevedore's Claim for Asbestos Exposure | 07/03/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court revived a claim for damages for a stevedore’s alleged industrial asbestos exposure. Case: May v...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding of Compensability for Worker's Back Injury | 07/02/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker suffered a compensable back injury. Case: Sparta...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Worker's TTD Despite Change in Diagnosis | 07/01/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Maryland Appellate Court upheld a jury verdict awarding a worker temporary total disability benefits for his respiratory problems, even though the primary diagnosis for his condition changed between the hearing before the Workers’ Compensation Commission and the trial. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI Reports Increase in IMR Decision Letters | 06/30/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers' Compensation Institute reports that the number of Independent Medical Review decision letters is on the rise after several years of steady decreases. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Carrier Not Entitled to Credit on Worker's Temporary Disability Awards | 06/30/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a finding that a workers' compensation carrier was entitled to take a credit toward awards of temporary disability to an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
