Workers' Compensation News
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Seven Charged in Alleged Payroll Fraud Scheme | 08/14/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Seven suspects have been charged with participating in a sophisticated payroll scheme to defraud workers' compensation insurers, the Florida attorney general announced. ...Read More | |||
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School Teacher Gets Benefits for Back Injury, Not for Hand or Wrist | 08/13/2026 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a school teacher had suffered a compensable back injury, but her hand and wrist injuries resulted from repetitive trauma that was not compensable. ...Read More | |||
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State Bar Reports Attorney Impersonated in Ongoing Fraud Scheme | 08/13/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Florida Bar on Wednesday reported that an ongoing national fraud scheme involving fake online workers' compensation hearings t...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Awards Death Benefits to Worker's Ex-Wife | 08/10/2026 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a worker’s ex-wife was entitled to death benefits following his death from complications arising from his work-related injuries, 23 years after their divorce. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Labor Law Defendant Shouldn't Have Been Granted Summary Judgment | 08/05/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the claims against it and that summary judgment should have been granted against it on a cross-claim for contractual indemnification. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Firefighter's Claim Shouldn't Have Been Closed | 08/03/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that an injured firefighter’s claim for benefits should not have been closed before he had fully recovered from the conditions that were newly added to his case. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Award for Coal Miner's Knee Injury | 07/31/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a coal miner was entitled to benefits for a knee injury. Case: ACNR ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Suspends Comp Attorney for Abandoning Clients | 07/30/2026 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Supreme Court of Maryland this week suspended a workers’ compensation attorney for effectively abandoning three of her clients. Sar...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment Upheld for Worker Struck by Falling Grate | 07/30/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a Labor Law claim for a worker who was struck by a falling grate. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies How Employer Can Rebut Causation for Police Officer's PTSD | 07/28/2026 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that an employer is not limited to rebutting the statutory presumption of industrial causation for a police officer's post-traumatic stress disorder with an independent psychological evaluation, and that an evaluation based on outdated guidelines can be ...Read More | |||
