Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Widow's Claim for Firefighter's Cancer Death | 09/16/2025 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that a widow’s claim for death benefits was timely and that an award was supported by competent evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Finds DOT Immune From Civil Liability for School Employee's Fatal Injuries | 09/15/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mississippi Supreme Court determined that the state Department of Transportation was entitled to immunity from civil liability for the death of an employee of another government entity who had received workers’ compensation benefits for his fatal injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Sends Contractor Coverage, Stone Slab Bills to Governor | 09/11/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate unanimously approved Assembly amendments to bills dealing with contractor coverage requirements and safety standards for silica exposure and manufactured stone. ...Read More | |||
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Staffing Agency Liable for Benefits After Worker's Fatal Accident | 09/11/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a staffing agency was liable for the payment of benefits for a worker’s fatal accident. ...Read More | |||
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Silver State Adopts ODG Drug Formulary | 09/10/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations announced that it has adopted the Official Disability Guidelines Drug Formulary, joining 12 states that use the tool for managing workers' compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Exclusivity Shields Employer From Liability for Shovel Attack | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Illinois Appellate Court ruled that exclusivity shielded an employer from liability for injuries that a worker suffered in an attack by the owner’s mentally ill son. ...Read More | |||
