Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Upholds Compensability of Lineman's COVID-19 Disability | 04/17/2025 | |
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| The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts upheld an award of benefits to a lineman for his total disability after a COVID-19 infection. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Rejects City's Argument to Recover $106,000 in Overpayments to Firefighter | 04/14/2025 | |
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| New York’s highest court rejected a city’s efforts to claw back $106,000 in overpayments to an injured firefighter. The New York Court ...Read More | |||
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Housekeeper Not Permanently Totally Disabled by Injuries, Depression | 04/09/2025 | |
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| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that an injured housekeeper was not permanently and totally disabled by his physical injuries and consequential depression. ...Read More | |||
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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 | |||
