Workers' Compensation News
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Substantial Evidence Supports Board's Medical Causation Determination | 01/21/2026 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was entitled to surgery for a lumbar spine condition. Case: Brinks Global Services v....Read More | |||
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Split Court Upholds Dismissal of Corrections Officer's Claims | 01/20/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Ohio appellate court upheld the dismissal of an injured corrections officer’s claims against her employer, finding her claims had to be arbitrated pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement that governed her employment. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Company's Former Owner Entitled to Comp Dividend Checks | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Ohio appellate court ruled that a company that sold its assets to a new owner was entitled to receive the workers’ compensation policy dividend checks paid to the successor under the terms of the asset sale agreement. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Rejects Compensability of Worker's Motorcycle Accident | 01/09/2026 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker’s injuries from a motorcycle accident while he was on a personal errand were not compensable. ...Read More | |||
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Statutory Cap on Fee Awards Doesn't Violate Separation-of-Powers Doctrine | 01/07/2026 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled that the statutory cap on fee awards does not violate the separation-of-powers doctrine. Case:...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Worker's Claim for Herniated Nucleus Pulposus | 01/06/2026 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Idaho Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for benefits for a herniated nucleus pulposus. The case was Proulx v. Sa...Read More | |||
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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 Insurance | |||
| 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 | |||
