Workers' Compensation News
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Worker With History of Back Issues Doesn't Prove Compensability of Alleged New Conditions | 01/23/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker with a history of back issues did not prove the compensability of his new alleged conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Civil Damages From Employer Over Lack of Comp Coverage | 01/21/2026 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an injured worker was a regular employee of an employer that failed to provide workers’ compensation coverage for him and that he was entitled to an award of civil damages. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Loses Challenge to Propriety of Surveillance Footage Use | 01/20/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court tossed a worker’s appeal challenging the propriety of an attorney’s use of surveillance footage in defending his employer from his workers’ compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Considers Latest Edition of AMA Guides | 01/16/2026 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Workers' Compensation Division is holding a virtual hearing Feb. 18 to discuss adoption of the latest edition of the American Medical Association's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Scaffold | 01/15/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a scaffold. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Former Attorney Not Entitled to Additional Fees | 01/15/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a worker’s former attorney had been adequately compensated for his services and that the worker was entitled to replace him. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Forklift Has No PPD From Extensive Injuries | 01/15/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker who fell 15 feet from a forklift had no permanent partial disability from his extensive injuries. ...Read More | |||
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WCA Proposes Changes to Attorney Fee, Case Management Rules | 01/15/2026 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration is proposing rules that would require attorneys to analyze a dozen different issues when seeking fees in excess of the statutory cap. ...Read More | |||
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WCC Restricts Wireless Communication Devices in Courtrooms | 01/14/2026 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission announced a new policy limiting who can bring wireless communication devices into its courtrooms and adjacent areas. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Establishes Compensability of Injury From Fall | 01/14/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker suffered a compensable injury from a fall at work. ...Read More | |||
