Workers' Compensation News
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SIF Assessment to Increase Again in 2026 | 12/15/2025 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Expansion, Closure of Worker's Claim | 12/09/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the closure and denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of his claim. Case: ...Read More | |||
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SCIF: Ambiguity in Disability Accommodation Rules Could Hamper Enforcement | 12/08/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California's largest workers' compensation carrier said some of the changes that the Division of Workers' Compensation is proposing to its disability accommodation rules could create ambiguity that would make them harder to enforce. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Expand Claim | 12/08/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of her claim for a left wrist injury. Ca...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of TTD for Worker Who Rejected Light-Duty Job Offer | 12/05/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court upheld the denial of temporary total disability benefits to a worker who failed to show up for a light-duty position that his doctor said was within his capabilities. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Expand Claim | 12/05/2025 | |
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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 his claim. Case: Kirk v. West Virginia Pavi...Read More | |||
