Workers' Compensation News
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Flight Attendant Gets Approval for Surgery to Treat Back Injury From Rough Landing | 08/12/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals upheld a jury’s determination that a flight attendant was entitled to surgery to treat a back injury from a hard landing. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Rejects Widow's Challenge to Compelled Settlement | 07/29/2025 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court rejected a widow’s challenge to the compelled settlement of her civil claims for her husband’s death. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Upholds Award of Black Lung Benefits to Miner's Widow | 07/24/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| A federal appellate court denied an employer’s petition for review of an award of Black Lung Act benefits to a coal miner’s widow. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Denies Employer's Petition for Review of Black Lung Benefits Award | 07/23/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court denied an employer’s petition for review of a Black Lung Act Benefits award to a miner. Case:&nbs...Read More | |||
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Fire Marshal's Claim Survives State Fund's Bid for Summary Dismissal | 07/10/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court denied State Fund’s motion for summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claim for temporary partial disability benefits, finding that he had a “medically determined physical restriction.” ...Read More | |||
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Firefighter Not Entitled to Change Start Date for PTD Benefits | 05/29/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a firefighter was not entitled to relief from an administrative order establishing the start date for his permanent total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Feds Unseal Fraud Charges Against Corrections Officers | 05/22/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced the unsealing of three indictments charging one current correctional officer and two former officers at Rikers Island with fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Fire Department Fails to Rebut Presumption of Compensability for Death | 05/22/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a determination that a firefighter’s death was presumptively linked to his employment, but the fire department reasonably contested the compensability of his demise. ...Read More | |||
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Failure to List Exhibits on Conference Statement Not a Harmless Error | 05/20/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board erred when it held that the failure to list in a pretrial conference the statement reports from a qualified medical evaluator was harmless, a California appellate court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Firefighter Proves Compensability of Knee Injury | 05/16/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a firefighter’s knee injury. Case: ...Read More | |||
