Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Seeking Pneumoconiosis Benefits Fails to Prove Abnormal Dust Exposure | 03/04/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of benefits for a worker’s occupational pneumoconiosis, finding he did not establish that he was exposed to abnormal quantities of dust during the course of and resulting from his employment. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Object Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 03/03/2026 | |
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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 object was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. Case: ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Submits Regulatory Filing | 03/02/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau submitted its 2026 regulatory filing to the California insurance commissioner for review. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Ladder | 03/02/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Claim for Fall From Ladder After Electric Shock | 02/26/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from falling off a ladder after suffering an electric shock. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Timely Files Claim for Treatment 2 Years After Injury | 02/25/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a worker’s claim for treatment, filed more than two years after his accident, was timely. ...Read More | |||
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Workers' Compensation Security Fund Not Subject to Assessment of Attorney Fees | 02/24/2026 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Security Fund cannot be subjected to attorney fees because it does not fall within the statutory definition of an “insurer.” ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets 12% PPD Award for Loss of Grip Strength | 02/24/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 12% permanent partial disability award to a worker for his loss of grip strength due to a compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Provide Objective Findings of Injury to Support Claim | 02/23/2026 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld the denial of benefits to a worker who failed to present evidence of a compensable injury supported by objective findings after a workplace fall. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Concrete Form Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 02/19/2026 | |
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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 concrete form was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim and that the general contractor for the project was entitled to summary judgment dismissing part of the worker’s claim against it. ...Read More | |||
