Workers' Compensation News
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Commissioner Reappoints Two to WCIRB Governing Committee | 03/11/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara reappointed Mitch Steiger and C. Bryan Little to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Governing Committee. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Worker's Left Knee Injury | 03/11/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim of a left knee injury following an injury to his right knee. Case:...Read More | |||
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Construction Manager Gets Summary Judgment on Worker's Labor Law Claims | 03/11/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a construction manager should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Labor Law claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Worker's Occupational Pneumoconiosis Claim | 03/07/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that further proceedings were necessary to determine which of a worker’s prior employers was potentially liable for his occupational pneumoconiosis claim. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
