Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Won't Review Judge's Refusal to Set Aside Errant Benefit Notice | 10/31/2025 | |
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| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied a petition to review a judge's refusal to set aside a notice accepting liability for a firefighter's cancer claim that a city had intended to deny. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Says Carrier Entitled to Certification of Proper Insurer for Asbestos Claim | 10/27/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a long-running dispute over a worker’s benefits for asbestos exposure, the Kentucky Supreme Court held a carrier was entitled to certification identifying another carrier as liable for the claim after an administrative law judge revised the last date of injurious exposure. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Hearing Oral Arguments in Undocumented Worker Benefits Challenge | 10/07/2025 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Michigan Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a constitutional challenge to a law being used to withhold wage-replacement benefits from undocumented workers who suffer compensable injuries. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Clarifies Standard for Calculating PPD Benefits | 10/06/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Permanent partial disability benefits for nonschedule injuries must be calculated based on functional impairment instead of lost earnings when workers have returned to employment and earn at least as much as they did before an injury, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Clarifies Process for Worker-Requested Exam | 09/29/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Injured workers are entitled to request their own exam if a carrier relies on results of its independent evaluation to contest the claim at any time, Oregon's Supreme Court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Affirms Enhanced Award for Safety Violation | 09/25/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's ruling that a worker injured as a result of a violation of a specific safety requirement was entitled to enhanced benefits. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Employer Can Deduct Taxes From Salary Continuation Benefits | 09/23/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that public employers may withhold federal taxes from salary continuation benefits paid to first responders injured in the line of duty. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
