Workers' Compensation News
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State Holding Workplace Safety Training | 07/15/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division and the Oregon Employment Department are partnering to provide free worker safety and health training workshops in rural communities throughout the state. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds PTD Award to Worker Despite Brief Return to Prior Job | 07/14/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits for a worker with some ability to work and was able to briefly return to her prior position. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Forfeiture of Worker's Claim | 07/13/2026 | |
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| State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The North Dakota Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker’s claim for benefits was subject to forfeiture because he willfully made false statements in connection with his case. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds TTD Award for Worker Who Rejected Accomodated Job Offer | 07/13/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker with a broken toe from the date of her injury until she reached maximum medical improvement, even though her employer offered her an accommodated job before her MMI date. ...Read More | |||
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Ship Painter Gets PPD Award, Fees Under LHWCA for Respiratory Ailments | 07/10/2026 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld an award of partial disability benefits and attorney fees to a ship painter under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act for his respiratory ailments. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Finding That Worker's Condition Deteriorated to PTD | 07/10/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously upheld a determination that a worker’s condition had worsened to the point that he was entitled to permanent total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Worker's Impairment Rating Shouldn't Have Been Reduced | 07/10/2026 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s impairment rating for a distal clavicle excision should not have been reduced. Case:...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Worker Additional TTD, Expansion of Claim, but Allows More Treatment | 07/08/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits or to expand the scope of her claim, but she should not have been denied a cold compression therapy unit and shoulder wrap for her compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Agrees That Administrator Unreasonably Denied Claim | 07/07/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that an administrator unreasonably denied a worker’s claim for injuries from a locker falling on her. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Dismisses Appeal by Statutory Employer | 07/07/2026 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A divided Louisiana appellate court dismissed an appeal by an injured worker’s statutory employer challenging a determination of no coverage owed to it by its insurance carrier. ...Read More | |||
