Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Denies Worker's Request to Expand Scope of Claim | 09/29/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of his claim for a back injury. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Award for Mechanic's Back Injury | 09/26/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits to a diesel mechanic for a back injury. Case: Penske v. Hughey, No....Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds 10% PPD Award for Miner's Occupational Pneumoconiosis | 09/25/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a coal miner was entitled to a 10% permanent partial disability award for occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of PPD for Worker's Hearing Loss | 09/24/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of permanent partial disability benefits for a worker with hearing loss. Case: O’...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Regulatory Meaning of 'Medical Reports' | 09/23/2025 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that the term “medical reports” is not limited to records prepared in the ordinary course of business. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Carrier's Request to Transfer Worker's Suit to Another County | 09/23/2025 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that an automobile insurance carrier was not entitled to writ relief transferring an injured worker’s lawsuit against it to another county. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Widow's Award for Worker's Fatal Brain Infection | 09/23/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits to a widow whose husband succumbed to a fungal brain infection. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Disability Guidelines, Denial of Medication | 09/22/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court rejected a worker’s constitutional challenge to the application of an official disability manual to her case and affirmed the denial of compensability for her long-standing pain medication prescription. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Advises LIRAB to Develop PPD 'Formula' | 09/17/2025 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Hawaii Supreme Court vacated an award and recommended that the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board weigh whether a lack of concrete factors to consider when awarding permanent partial disability benefits causes disparate outcomes. ...Read More | |||
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Staffing Company Worker Gets Benefits for Injuries From Car Accident on Private Road | 09/17/2025 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a staffing company employee’s injuries from a single-vehicle accident on a private road were compensable because he had been instructed to use the road to access his worksite. ...Read More | |||
