Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Denial of Authorization for Lumbar Surgery | 03/06/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of authorization for a worker’s lumbar surgery. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim of Injury From Unloading Materials | 03/05/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Louisiana Court of Appeal upheld the denial of a worker’s claim of injury from unloading materials from a truck. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Employer Can't Rely on Fraudulent Inducement Defense for Worker's Claim | 03/05/2025 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that a fraud inducement defense to a workers’ compensation claim does not apply when the employer learns about a false representation after hiring an employee but before she is injured. ...Read More | |||
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Court Again Rules That Worker's Refusal of Light Duty Doesn't Warrant Denial of Benefits | 03/04/2025 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals revised its prior determination that a worker should not have been denied temporary total disability benefits after he refused a light-duty position during the COVID-19 pandemic because of his underlying health issues. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award of Benefits for Bus Driver's Shoulder Injury | 03/04/2025 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a bus driver for a shoulder injury. Case: Rock Region Me...Read More | |||
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Chesapeake Announces $55 Million Dividend, 8% Rate Decrease | 03/03/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The board of directors for Maryland's Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Co. declared the company's highest-ever policyholder dividend of $55 million for 2025. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim for Hearing Loss Conditions | 02/28/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for his hearing loss and tinnitus. Case: In the Matter of Fishe...Read More | |||
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Coal Miner's Widow Can Benefit From Presumption of Occupational Pneumoconiosis | 02/27/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a coal miner’s widow, finding that a statutory presumption of occupational pneumoconiosis applied to her claim even though the miner’s death was caused by an acute illness as opposed to a chronic pulmonary condition. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Worker's Labor Law Claim, Grants Partial Summary Judgment | 02/27/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries from being struck by falling concrete and granted him summary judgment against some of the defendants. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier, Agent Have No Duty to Defend Third-Party Defendant in Worker's Suit | 02/26/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier and its managing general agent had no duty to defend or indemnify its insured against a third-party claim filed by the owner of property at which the insured’s employee allegedly suffered injuries. ...Read More | |||
