Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Clarifies Calculation of Employer's Responsibility for Pro Rata Share of Fees | 08/24/2026 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that an employer’s responsibility for attorney fees incurred by a worker who pursued a third-party claim is initially subtracted from the amount available in subrogation from the amount the worker recovers, and that the employer is entitled to immediate reco...Read More | |||
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State Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over LHWCA Attorney | 08/20/2026 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a state trial court lacked jurisdiction over an out-of-state attorney who had represented a claimant in a Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act case before the claimant moved to Texas. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds PTD Award for Former Special Education Teacher | 08/17/2026 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Utah Supreme Court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to a former special education teacher and denied Granite School District's request to offset its liability for benefits to account for a settlement the teacher received from the debt collectors who had hounded ...Read More | |||
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Seven Charged in Alleged Payroll Fraud Scheme | 08/14/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Seven suspects have been charged with participating in a sophisticated payroll scheme to defraud workers' compensation insurers, the Florida attorney general announced. ...Read More | |||
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School Teacher Gets Benefits for Back Injury, Not for Hand or Wrist | 08/13/2026 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a school teacher had suffered a compensable back injury, but her hand and wrist injuries resulted from repetitive trauma that was not compensable. ...Read More | |||
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State Bar Reports Attorney Impersonated in Ongoing Fraud Scheme | 08/13/2026 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Florida Bar on Wednesday reported that an ongoing national fraud scheme involving fake online workers' compensation hearings t...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Awards Death Benefits to Worker's Ex-Wife | 08/10/2026 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a worker’s ex-wife was entitled to death benefits following his death from complications arising from his work-related injuries, 23 years after their divorce. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Labor Law Defendant Shouldn't Have Been Granted Summary Judgment | 08/05/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the claims against it and that summary judgment should have been granted against it on a cross-claim for contractual indemnification. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Firefighter's Claim Shouldn't Have Been Closed | 08/03/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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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Supreme Court Upholds Award for Coal Miner's Knee Injury | 07/31/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a coal miner was entitled to benefits for a knee injury. Case: ACNR ...Read More | |||
