Workers' Compensation News
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Police Officer's Duty Disability Benefits Not Subject to Offset | 03/10/2026 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wisconsin Court of Appeals, in an unpublished decision, ruled that a police officer’s duty disability benefits could not be offset by the workers' compensation benefits he already received. ...Read More | |||
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PTSD Pilot Proposal Goes to Governor | 03/10/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Washington state lawmakers voted to send the governor a bill that would allow the Department of Labor and Industries to implement a pilot program to expedite treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. ...Read More | |||
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Provider Doesn't Have Claim for Double Damages if Carrier Disputes Claim in Good Faith | 02/19/2026 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that as long as a workers’ compensation insurance carrier has a good-faith ground for disputing coverage for a medi...Read More | |||
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Property Owners' Association Not Entitled to Dismissal of Injured Worker's Civil Suit | 02/12/2026 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a property owners’ association was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s civil claim for injuries he sustained while working on the property. ...Read More | |||
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Police Officer Gets 22.5% SLU for Ruptured Achilles Tendon | 01/26/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a 22.5% schedule loss of use award for a worker’s ruptured Achilles tendon. Case: Ma...Read More | |||
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Paramedic Proves Compensable Injuries to Back, Shoulders | 01/07/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a paramedic suffered a compensable injury and that the record supported a compensable diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy. ...Read More | |||
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Policy Group Calls for Ending State Monopoly | 12/29/2025 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mountain States Policy Center, which describes itself as promoting free enterprise, individual liberty and limited government, argues that eliminating W...Read More | |||
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Postal Worker Indicted for Allegedly Not Disclosing Divorce | 12/23/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A U.S. Postal Service worker was indicted for allegedly failing to disclose a divorce, thereby collecting augmented workers' compensation benefits to which she was not entitled, according to federal prosecutors in Illinois. ...Read More | |||
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Paralysis Fraud Case Leads to 31-Month Sentence, $537,071 Restitution Order | 12/23/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio man who claimed he was paralyzed after a workplace electric shock pleaded guilty to theft of government property and wire fraud, and he was sentenced to 31 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $537,071 in restitution, the Bureau of Workers' Compensation announced. ...Read More | |||
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Part of Worker's Labor Law Claim Dismissed; Some Defendants Get Indemnification | 12/22/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that part of a worker’s Labor Law claim should have been dismissed and that some of the defendants were entitled to indemnification from his employer. ...Read More | |||
