Workers' Compensation News
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Senate Passes App-Based Courier Coverage Bill | 04/15/2026 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alaska Senate passed a bill that would require companies such as DoorDash and Instacart to provide couriers with the same occupational accident coverage that companies such as Uber and Lyft must provide to their drivers. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Judge Didn't Suffer Compensable Knee Injury | 04/14/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a judge did not suffer a compensable knee injury while descending a flight of stairs. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Worker's Estate | 04/13/2026 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to the estate of a worker who suffered a pulmonary embolism, fell into water face down and died. ...Read More | |||
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State Insurance Fund Not Liable for Worker's Hip Replacement Surgery | 04/13/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand his claim to add hip injuries and to hold the State Insurance Fund liable for the cost of hip replacement surgery. ...Read More | |||
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SAIF Corp. Names Ian Williams Interim President, CEO | 04/10/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Oregon's SAIF Corp. on Thursday named Ian Williams interim president and CEO, succeeding current president and chief executive Chip Terhune, who is resigning. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Bureau Can't Recoup Payments Made After Worker Reached MMI | 04/09/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A divided Ohio appellate court ruled that the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation could not recoup temporary total disability benefits paid to a worker after she had reached maximum medical improvement. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Increase in Worker's PPD Award | 04/03/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to an increase in her permanent partial disability award. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds VSSR Award for Worker's Conveyor Belt Accident | 04/02/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Ohio Supreme Court upheld a worker's enhanced award for injuries from a conveyor belt accident due to his employer's violation of a specific safety requirement. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court: Worker's Mother Viably Pleaded Intentional Conduct Against Employer | 04/01/2026 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the mother of a worker killed in an underground water vault sufficiently and plausibly pleaded intentional conduct by the employer such that exclusivity did not bar her civil action. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Reinstates Injured Teacher's Claims Against School District, Principal | 03/31/2026 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court reinstated an injured schoolteacher’s claims for negligence, employment discrimination, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and defamation against his former employer and supervising principal. ...Read More | |||
