Workers' Compensation News
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Judge Errs in Enforcing Lien Against Worker's Lump-Sum Settlement | 10/29/2025 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that a trial judge erred in enforcing a carrier’s lien against a worker’s lump-sum settlement in a third-party action. ...Read More | |||
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Judge's Findings Insufficient to Support Rejection of Worker's Claim | 10/23/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Arizona Court of Appeals overturned the denial of a worker’s claim, with a majority holding that an administrative law judge failed to make sufficient factual findings to support her conclusion that the worker didn't timely report his injury. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Overturns Denial of Worker's Petition for Additional Compensation | 10/21/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court overturned the denial of a worker’s petition for additional compensation due to a psychological injury. Ca...Read More | |||
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Judge Lacks Jurisdiction Over Estate's Claim Against Worker's Former Employer | 10/17/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a trial judge lacked subject matter jurisdiction over an estate’s claim against a worker’s former employer for his alleged asbestos exposure. ...Read More | |||
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JCC Errs in Prospectively Awarding Treatment for Worker's Hernia | 10/10/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that a judge of compensation claims erred in prospectively awarding treatment for a worker’s hernia without first determining whether the condition was caused by a work accident. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Can Hold UEGF Secondarily Liable for Claim Pending Worker's Presentation of Evidence | 09/15/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an injured worker does not need to submit evidence that he is not entitled to workers’ compensation in the employer's state for an order holding the Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund secondarily liable for benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Doesn't Prove Compensable Knee Injury | 09/11/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a judge did not suffer a compensable knee injury while descending a flight of stairs. ...Read More | |||
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Judge's Finding of COVID Compensability Overturned | 09/05/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals overturned a judge’s determination that a lineman’s COVID-19 infection was work-related due to an erroneous factual finding. ...Read More | |||
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Jury's Finding of Permanent Disability Not Grossly Excessive | 09/04/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Maryland Appellate Court upheld a jury’s determination that a firefighter suffered a 63% permanent partial disability from a back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Upholds Finding of Total Disability, Partially Reverses Compensability Determinations | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court upheld a finding that a worker was totally disabled by multiple injuries, but it overturned some of the Industrial Accident Board’s findings of compensability as to individual injuries. ...Read More | |||
