Workers' Compensation News
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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 Insurance | |||
| 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 | |||
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Supreme Court Says Firefighter's Claim Shouldn't Have Been Closed | 06/10/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| 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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Split Supreme Court Says Estoppel Doesn't Bar Undisclosed Civil Suit | 06/09/2026 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that judicial estoppel did not bar a worker from proceeding with a personal injury suit he failed to disclose in a prior bankruptcy proceeding. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Truck Driver's Occupational Pneumoconiosis Claim | 06/09/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a truck driver’s claim for occupational pneumoconiosis. Case: Henry v....Read More | |||
