Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Worker's Cervical Disc Displacement | 01/23/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a finding that a worker failed to prove that his cervical disc displacement was a compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds 33% PPD Award to Coal Miner | 01/22/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of 33% permanent partial disability benefits to an injured coal miner. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Grants Worker Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Ladder | 01/21/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
