Workers' Compensation News
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Summary Judgment Granted to Worker, Third-Party Defendant | 06/25/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder and that the third-party defendant should have been granted summary judgment dismissing the indemnification claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Worker's Civil Suit Against Co-Employee | 06/23/2026 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wyoming Supreme Court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s civil suit against a co-employee for causing injuries to his hand. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Finds Worker Entitled to Summary Judgment | 06/23/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Says Prohibition on Self-Dealing Doesn't Apply to Medications | 06/18/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the statutory prohibition on self-dealing in the Workers’ Compensation Act does not include referrals for prescription drugs and pharmaceutical services. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment Upheld for Worker Injured While Accepting Delivery | 06/17/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld summary judgment on a Labor Law claim by a worker injured while accepting a delivery of roofing materials. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Increase in Worker's PPD Award | 06/15/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an increase in a worker’s permanent partial disability award for an injury to his left hand. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Affirms Finding That Worker Had No Permanent Impairment | 06/12/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a finding that a worker had no permanent impairment from a shoulder injury. Case: Harris v....Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Res Judicata Doesn't Bar Worker's Claim | 06/11/2026 | |
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| State: ND | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled that res judicata did not bar a worker’s claim for benefits for a back injury. Russell Jones worked for ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Declines Expansion of Teacher's Claim | 06/11/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court declined to expand a worker’s claim to add pulmonary emboli as a compensable condition. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Statutory Presumption for Officers Killed in Line of Duty | 06/10/2026 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court clarified the statutory presumption for a public safety officer to have been killed in the line of duty if he dies of a heart attack, stroke or vascular rupture. ...Read More | |||
