Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Finds Employer's Payment of Benefits Tacitly Renounced Prescription of Claim | 12/29/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that an employer abandoned its statute of limitations defense and tacitly renounced prescription by initiating regular and consistent workers’ compensation payments after the prescriptive period expired. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Allows Injured Worker to Proceed With Civil Suit Against Colleagues | 12/29/2025 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Alabama Supreme Court denied a petition for review of a trial judge’s decision allowing a worker to proceed with civil claims against his co-workers for allegedly removing safety devices from a machine that resulted in the mangling of his hand. ...Read More | |||
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State Fines Company $28,478 for Stuck-By, Crushing Hazards | 12/22/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined a manufacturer $28,478 for intentionally keeping a faulty system used to store raw materials that exposed workers to struck-by and crushing hazards. ...Read More | |||
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State Fund Only Carrier Providing Benefits Through Prepaid Card | 12/19/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| State Compensation Insurance Fund is the only carrier offering benefits through prepaid cards, according to a draft Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation report released for public comment. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Reverses Denial of Police Officer's Mental Injury Claim, Rebukes WCJ | 12/19/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned the denial of a police officer’s mental injury claim and rebuked the workers’ compensation judge who presided over the matter for her conduct and her unsupported factual findings. ...Read More | |||
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SIF Assessment to Increase Again in 2026 | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Board of Indiana announced that the total Second Injury Fund assessment will increase again next year. The total ass...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Carrier Didn't Waive Venue Objection After Unsuccessful Removal of Case | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that an insurance carrier did not waive its objection to the venue where it tried to have a case removed. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Affirms Worker's Award of PPD, Alternate Medical Care | 12/12/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a worker’s award of permanent partial disability benefits and alternate medical care. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Upholds Award of Black Lung Benefits to Widow | 12/10/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided federal appellate court upheld an award of black lung benefits to a miner’s widow. Case: Clinchfield Coal Co...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Expand Claim | 12/10/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker's request to expand her claim. Case: Walker v. Goodwill Industri...Read More | |||
