Workers' Compensation News
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Closure of Worker's Claim Without Additional Conditions Upheld | 06/25/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the closure and denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Award to Police Officer for Head Injury | 06/25/2025 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeal overturned a finding that a police officer suffered a closed head injury from a fall during a training exercise. ...Read More | |||
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Court Grants Partial Summary Judgment for Worker, Partial Dismissal of Claims | 06/24/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claims, but some of his claims also should have been dismissed. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes QME Template Bill | 06/23/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement unanimously passed a bill proponents say would improve the medical-legal process. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker's FELA Claim for Rail Car Accident | 06/23/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s claim under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act for his injuries from being run over by a rail car. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Must Pay for Surgery Even Though Worker Didn't Seek Preauthorization | 06/23/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that a carrier was liable for the cost of a worker’s surgery, even though it had not been preauthorized, because it was necessitated by an “emergency.” ...Read More | |||
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Court Clarifies Regulatory Requirements for Workers Receiving Continuing Benefits | 06/20/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that when a worker is receiving continuing benefits at a temporary rate, the Workers’ Compensation Board’s regulations do not mandate that a hearing be held within 20 days, and they do not provide for the worker’s benefits to be reduced or suspen...Read More | |||
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Chesapeake Policyholders Reelect Two Board Members | 06/18/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Co. announced that policyholders reelected Jason Schupp and John J. Scott Jr. to continue serving on the carrier's board of directors. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Doesn't Owe Coverage for Injured Carpenter's Claim | 06/18/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier did not owe coverage for an injured carpenter’s claim. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Differentiates Horseplay From Assault, Denies Benefits to Worker Struck by Golf Cart | 06/18/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to benefits for his injuries from being struck by a co-worker driving a golf cart, since he was the victim of assault and battery, not a practical joke gone wrong. ...Read More | |||
