Workers' Compensation News
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Worker's Application for Alternate Care Dismissed | 03/26/2026 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s application for alternate care had to be dismissed, since his employer contested its liability for the condition for which he sought treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Steel Bar Gets Summary Judgment | 03/26/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a falling steel bar should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Backed Car Into Trench Gets Part of Labor Law Action Reinstated | 03/24/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a Labor Law action by a worker who suffered injuries when he backed his personal vehicle into an unguarded trench at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Posts Updated Hospital Cost-to-Charge Ratios | 03/24/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division published new cost-to-charge ratios used to calculate reimbursement owed to hospitals for treating injured workers starting April 1. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Award for Closed Head Injury | 03/23/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a worker for a closed head injury resulting from a fall. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Doesn't Need to Prove Labor Market Attachment to Get PPD Award | 03/19/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to the benefit of a change in the law that relieved her of the burden to prove an attachment to the labor market. ...Read More | |||
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WCC Accepting Comments on Proposed 2026 Fee Schedule | 03/18/2026 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission is asking for comments on its proposed 2026 Medical Fee Schedule. Among other things, t...Read More | |||
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Workers' Compensation Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Injured Deputy's Claim | 03/18/2026 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over an injured deputy sheriff’s challenge to the denial of his application for an accidental disability retirement pension. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Entitlement to Benefits for Permanent Impairment | 03/18/2026 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker failed to prove her entitlement to benefits for a permanent anatomical impairment as a result of her compensable spine injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Injuries From Fall Not Self-Inflicted | 03/17/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to benefits for his injuries from a trip-and-fall accident, as they were not the result of a self-inflicted injury. ...Read More | |||
