Workers' Compensation News
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Health Care Worker Fails to Prove Compensable Back Injury | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim of injury to her back. Case: Melius v. Chapel Ridge Nurs...Read More | |||
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High Court Affirms $100,000 Fine, Equates Policy Assignment With Cancellation | 08/14/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Supreme Court upheld a $100,000 penalty against Victory Insurance Co. for illegally canceling policies before assigning them to another carrier. ...Read More | |||
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High Court to Hear Dispute Over Benefit Forfeiture for Refusal of Medical Services | 07/25/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal involving conditions under which an injured worker forfeits all rights to compensation by refusing reasonable medical services. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Corporate Officer Liability Limited to Unpaid Premiums | 07/22/2025 | |
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| State: ND | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Dakota Supreme Court said corporate officer personal liability is limited to unpaid premiums and does not extend to penalties for failure to file payroll forms. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds PTSD Award and Penalty, Vacates Finding That OSTD Is Compensable | 07/18/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed the finding that a Minneapolis police officer had a compensable claim for post-traumatic stress disorder and was entitled to an additional penalty award because the city's denial was frivolous. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Attorney Fee Cap Applies Per Injury | 07/11/2025 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that injured workers are entitled to an award of reasonable attorney fees, up to the statutory cap, for each accidental injury they suffer rather than for each accident or claim. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Invalidates Cap on Attorney Fees in Appeals | 07/08/2025 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that a statutory cap on attorney fees enacted in 1987 does not apply to appeals. The high court said the ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Insurers in Run-Off, Insolvent Fund Both Eligible for Reimbursements | 07/03/2025 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Massachusetts Supreme Court issued a pair of decisions finding that insurers in run-off are not precluded from receiving second-injury reimbursements, and the state's insolvent carrier fund is eligible for cost-of-living adjustments from the Workers' Compensation Trust Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Heat-Related Injuries Increase as Temperatures Clear 80 Degrees | 06/27/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Heat-related workplace injuries double when temperatures rise to just 80 or 85 degrees Fahrenheit and increase more than sevenfold when temperatures exceed 90 degrees, according to a new report by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Says Retaliatory Firing Illegal Only if Employer is Trying to Avoid Liability for Claim | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Indiana Supreme Court held that a trial court should have dismissed a teacher's case alleging she was fired in retaliation for contemplating filing a workers' compensation claim because she failed to allege the district was exclusveily motivated by a desire not to pay the claim. ...Read More | |||
