Workers' Compensation News
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Court Cites Ruttiger in Vacating $750,000 Jury Award for Bad Faith Actions | 07/28/2025 | |
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| A Texas appeals court overturned a $750,000 jury award against Sentry Insurance, finding that a permanently disabled worker's bad faith claims were barred by the 2012 state Supreme Court decision in Ruttiger. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds 33% PPD Award for Coal Miner | 07/28/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of 33% permanent partial disability benefits to an injured coal miner. ...Read More | |||
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Compensability of Worker's Injury Upheld; Case Remanded for Correction of Record | 07/25/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a worker had suffered a compensable injury to his foot, but ruled that the case had to be remanded for the record to be corrected. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Board Should Have Granted Hardship Application for Worker With Meager Income | 07/25/2025 | |
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| A New York appellate court overturned the Workers’ Compensation Board’s denial of an extreme hardship application by a worker scraping by on $1,280 per month. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding That Worker Has No Permanent Impairment From Shoulder Injury | 07/25/2025 | |
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| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker had no permanent impairment from a shoulder injury. Case...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Warrantless Search Condition for Premium Fraud Conviction | 07/24/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court found no problem with an order requiring a business owner convicted of cheating a work comp carrier and state tax collectors to submit to warrantless searches as a term of probation. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Nurse's Claim for Repetitive Use Injury | 07/24/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a nurse’s claim for repetitive use injuries, finding that the Workers’ Compensation Board used the wrong standard for denying the claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Authorization for Worker's Shoulder Surgery | 07/24/2025 | |
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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 a worker’s requested shoulder surgery. ...Read More | |||
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Court Publishes Finding That Worker With 2nd Job Gets Only TPD Benefits | 07/23/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has ordered publication of its decision from earlier this year that found an Amazon employee was entitled only to temporary partial disability benefits after an injury because he remained able to work. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Worker Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 07/23/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
