Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Social Worker's Claim for Eye Shingles | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld the denial of a social worker’s claim seeking benefits for shingles of the eye. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Awards Worker Penalty for Carrier's Unreasonable Calculation of Benefits | 06/26/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Supreme Court ruled that a worker with multiple jobs was entitled to a penalty for an insurance carrier’s unreasonable calculation of the benefits owed for a period when he was unable to work at any position. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgments for Labor Law Defendants Reversed | 06/25/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law claim should not have been granted summary judgment on two of the three causes of action that were dismissed by a trial justice. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment Upheld for Worker Who Fell From Ladder | 06/24/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Overturns Closure of Worker's Claim | 06/23/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court overturned the closure of a worker’s claim, finding the Board of Review had failed to properly consider the evidence before it. ...Read More | |||
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Second Injury Fund Not Liable for Benefits to Worker With Multiple Injuries | 06/20/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a determination that the Second Injury Fund was not liable for the payment of benefits to a worker with multiple injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Additional PPD for Worker's Back Injury | 06/18/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to any additional permanent partial disability for a back injury from a slip-and-fall accident. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Worker's Request to Expand Claim | 06/17/2025 | |
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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 add a SLAP tear of the right shoulder as a compensable condition in his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Sept. 1 Plans, Manual Now Available | 06/16/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has released updated versions of publications related to regulations that take effect on Sept. 1, 2025. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Finding of PPD From Worker's Occupational Pneumoconiosis | 06/16/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker had a 20% permanent partial disability from occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
