Workers' Compensation News
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Senate Unanimously Passes Bills to Expand Cancer, Mental Health Coverage | 02/01/2023 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Senate unanimously passed bills that would expand the types of cancers presumed compensable for first responders and provide coverage for anxiety and depressive disorders. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Addition of Mental Conditions to Worker's Claim | 02/01/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a decision to expand a worker’s claim to include her diagnoses of major depressive and generalized anxiety disorders. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Increase in Worker's PPD Award | 01/31/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the increase in a worker’s permanent partial disability award based on the relative credibility and persuasiveness of the medical opinions. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds PPD Award for Worker Who Fell on Sidewalk | 01/30/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld an award of permanent partial disability benefits for a worker who fell on the sidewalk outside her workplace. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Finding of Compensability for Server Who Fell at Work | 01/27/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a determination that a server was entitled to benefits for her injuries from a fall after she became overheated at work and lost her balance. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Worker's Request for Replacement Spinal Cord Stimulator Battery | 01/26/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker with an authorized spinal cord stimulator was not entitled to a replacement battery for the device. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment Upheld for Worker Who Allegedly Fell | 01/25/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a claim by a worker who allegedly fell off a ladder. Case: Stewart v. Brookfield ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Worker With Preexisting Conditions | 01/24/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to a health care worker for her back conditions, finding they had not arisen out of a workplace accident. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request for Additional Treatment, TTD Benefits | 01/23/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld the denial of a worker’s requests for additional medical benefits and temporary total disability benefits for a back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Worker Must Repay TTD Benefits She Received After Reaching MMI | 01/19/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Ohio appellate court panel ruled that an injured worker was required to repay the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation for temporary total disability benefits she received after the date her doctor declared her to be at maximum medical improvement. ...Read More | |||
