Workers' Compensation News
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Work Comp Division Updates Gainful Employment Threshold | 01/30/2026 | |
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| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division increased the threshold used to determine gainful employment and eligibility for permanent total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Scaffold Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 01/29/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who fell from a scaffold was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker Injured by Misstep on Incomplete Staircase Gets Summary Judgment | 01/28/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a misstep on an incomplete staircase. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Unexpected Death Abates Claim for Psychological Injuries | 01/27/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s unexpected death abated his claim for psychological injuries he allegedly developed as a result of an excavator accident. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
