Workers' Compensation News
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Injured Worker's 10% PPD Award for Knee Injury Upheld | 11/05/2025 | |
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| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 10% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s knee injury. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Not Entitled to Reopen Claim for TTD | 11/04/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a decision denying a worker’s request to reopen his claim for temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker's 6th Back Surgery Not Compensable | 10/28/2025 | |
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| The Delaware Superior Court upheld a finding that a worker’s sixth back surgery was not compensable. Case: Jackson...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker's Employer Can't Intervene in Third-Party Tort Action | 10/24/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was not entitled to intervene in an injured employee’s third-party tort action. Ca...Read More | |||
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IAIABC Announces 2025-26 Directors | 10/23/2025 | |
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| The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions announced that directors for the 2025-26 term were sworn in during its 111th convention in Milwaukee. ...Read More | |||
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ICA Errs in Overturning Board's Grant of TTD to Worker for Electric Shock Injuries | 10/14/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court said the Intermediate Court of Appeals erred in overturning a Board of Review decision granting temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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ICW Group Names Lynn Moretti Chief Claims Officer | 10/10/2025 | |
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| California-based ICW Group Insurance Cos. named Lynn Moretti chief claims officer, tasking her with leading the company’s claims operations and strategy across its commercial and specialty lines. ...Read More | |||
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IWCC Arbitrator Peter Akemann Dies at 73 | 10/01/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission announced that former arbitrator Peter Alan Akemann died of cancer at 73. Akemann was an arbitrator for 18 years, starting when the Workers' Compensation Commission was called the Illinois Industrial Commission. He is survived ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Gets SLU Award | 09/30/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to a schedule loss of use award. Case: Matter of Romero v. Akorn Inc., ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Ladder | 09/29/2025 | |
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| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
