Workers' Compensation News
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High Court: New Presumption Law Doesn't Apply to Pending Claims | 03/28/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A man with brain cancer is not able to avail himself of statutory changes intended to make it easier for firefighters to invoke a presumption that the condition arose out of employment because it wasn't in effect when he filed his claim, Arizona's Supreme Court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Allow Nurse Practitioners to Diagnose PTSD | 03/25/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill that would allow nurse practitioners to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder. Although no...Read More | |||
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High Court: Underinsured Motorist Exclusion Hinges on Availability of Comp Benefits | 03/24/2025 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A district court erred in concluding that statutory limitations on underinsured motorist insurance that excludes coverage for benefits available through workers' compensation applied without regard to whether the benefits were available for a specific claimant, the Utah Supreme Court ruled....Read More | |||
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High Court Says Any Part of Treatment Plan Is 'Medicines and Supplies,' Orders Payment for CBD Oil | 03/21/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a law firm that represents injured workers to reimburse one of its partners for cannabinoid oil he was prescribed for a back injury, holding that any item that is part of a health care provider's plan to treat a work-related injury falls unde...Read More | |||
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High Court Rules Judges Can Award TD After Maximum Medical Improvement | 03/21/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that an administrative law judge has the discretion to award ongoing temporary disability benefits to a worker who has reached maximum medical improvement in lieu of permanent partial disability benefits and up to the statutory maximum of 520 weeks. ...Read More | |||
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Homeowner's Husband Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Worker's Labor Law Claim | 03/10/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a homeowner’s husband was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s Labor Law claims against him. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Modify Benefit Schedule | 03/07/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State House of Representatives passed a bill that would revise the schedule of permanent total disability and temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Says Worker Excluded From LHWCA Can Pursue Maritime Negligence Claim | 03/03/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Supreme Court said an appellate court erred when it determined that amendments to the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act triggered exclusive remedy provisions under state law and prohibited an injured worker from pursuing negligence claims under general maritime law...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Increase Attorney Fees | 02/24/2025 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The New Mexico House of Representatives passed a bill to increase attorney fees as well as the amount of discovery costs that employers can be ordered to advance to injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: IDL Benefits Not Compensation; No Bump for Misconduct | 02/21/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Supreme Court on Thursday said a correctional officer who was seriously injured in a planned attack by inmates is not entitled to a 50% increase for serious and willful employer misconduct because the industrial disability leave benefits he received do not count as compensation....Read More | |||
